Eau Claire, WI —
OSHA Injury Report: Mayo Clinic Health System-Eau Claire Hospital (Whipple)
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Mayo Clinic Health System-Eau Claire Hospital (Whipple) in Eau Claire, WI 54702 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was cLINICAL HEMODIALYSIS TECHNICIAN in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mayo Clinic Health System-Eau Claire Hospital (Whipple)
- Parent company
- Mayo Clinic
- Street
- 1221 Whipple Street
- City
- Eau Claire
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 54702
- On-site location
- Staff work area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Capping uncapping needles sharps
What happened
CHT was poked by a clean needle before cannulating pt. when taking the cap off the needle the CHT 's glove caught on the safety feature of the needle and poked in the techs left thumb. Needle broke the skin. Tech disposed of the needle went and washed h er hands informed the charge nurse and cleaned the poke one more time before getting a band-aid. Tech also cleaned the patient 's area by wiping down all the surfaces with the oxivir wipes before cannulating the pt.
Injury or illness
Needlestick contaminated to Finger Thumb
Object or substance involved
Needle
Summary line
[REDACTED]stick contaminated to Finger Thumb from [REDACTED]
Employee and industry
- Job description
- CLINICAL HEMODIALYSIS TECHNICIAN
- SOC code
- 29-2099 — Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 3184
- Total hours worked
- 4768035
- EIN
- 390813418
- Establishment ID
- 109262
- Employer case #
- 443402
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 6:40:00.000
- Submitted
- 28FEB24:16:49:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.