Worcester, MA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital in 189 May Street, Worcester, MA 01602 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was RN in physical rehabilitation hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital
- Parent company
- Encompass Health
- Street
- 189 May Street
- City
- Worcester
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 01602
- On-site location
- Patient room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Giving a medication subcutaneously.
What happened
The nurse injected the medication into the abdomen and when she was removing the syringe the patient moved quickly causing the needle to stick the nurse in the left thumb.
Injury or illness
Needlestick.
Object or substance involved
Prefilled syringe with safety sliding sheath.
Summary line
Needle stick
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622310: Physical rehabilitation hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 308
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 340,845
- EIN
- 42948290
- Establishment ID
- 816793
- Employer case #
- 23-Jun
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 20:41
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-27
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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