Minneapolis, MN —
OSHA Injury Report: Hennepin County Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN 554E6 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was nurse Staff in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Hennepin County Medical Center
- Street
- 701 Park Ave
- City
- Minneapolis
- State
- MN
- ZIP
- 554E6
- On-site location
- ED team center B
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
EE was working as a RN in the [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] I was working in team center B. I only had 1 patient so I was helping others. One of the docs asked me to put a shoulder immobilizer on a patient. I put it on and was tucking it around her body when I was poked by an uncapped used 20g IV needle that was left in the blankets. It stabbed me twice on the back of my right hand. My pinkie finger knuckle and ring finger knuckle.
What happened
EE was working as a RN in the [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] I was working in team center B. I only had 1 patient so I was helping others. One of the docs asked me to put a shoulder immobilizer on a patient. I put it on and was tucking it around her body when I was poked by an uncapped used 20g IV needle that was left in the blankets. It stabbed me twice on the back of my right hand. My pinkie finger knuckle and ring finger knuckle.
Injury or illness
BFE needlestick to back of right hand (pinkie finger knuckle and ring finger knuckle)
Object or substance involved
used needle left in patient 's bed
Summary line
BFE needlesticks to back of right hand
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Nurse Staff
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 7035
- Total hours worked
- 10606322
- EIN
- 421707837
- Establishment ID
- 291122
- Employer case #
- AAAC000000
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 11:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 17:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 23JAN24:19:23:00
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.