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OSHA Injury Report: Mayo Clinic Health System-Eau Claire Hospital (Whipple)

Injury · Other recordable case

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.

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
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Capping uncapping needles sharps

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.

Needlestick contaminated to Finger Thumb

Needle

[REDACTED]stick contaminated to Finger Thumb from [REDACTED]

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
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
6:40:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:16:49:00

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.