SPOKANE, WA ·
OSHA Injury Report: WA642 SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER-SPOKANE HR
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at WA642 SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER-SPOKANE HR in 101 W 8TH AVE 0, SPOKANE, WA 99220 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Techni in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- WA642 SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER-SPOKANE HR
- Parent company
- Providence Health & Services SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER-SPOKANE HR
- Street
- 101 W 8TH AVE 0
- City
- SPOKANE
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 99220
- On-site location
- OR 11
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
OR PROCEDURE
What happened
The surgeon handed me a needle at the end of the case and it was not protected by the needle driver. It slipped in my hand and went through my thumb.
Injury or illness
Puncture Left Thumb Needle stick 4-0 MONOCRYL SUBCATANEOUS SUTURE NEEDLE
Object or substance involved
4-0 MONOCRYL SUBCATANEOUS SUTURE NEEDLE
Summary line
The surgeon handed me a needle at the end of the case and it was not protected by the needle driver. It slipped in my hand and went through my thumb.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Techni
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 4,850
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 7,810,419
- EIN
- 364640211
- Establishment ID
- 1191342
- Employer case #
- 88055
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:40
- Time of incident
- 17:45
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-29
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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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