Washington, PA — 2023-12-12

OSHA Injury Report: The Washington Hospital

Other illness · Other recordable case

At a glance

On 2023-12-12, an other illness at The Washington Hospital in Washington, PA 15301 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was cert Surg Tech Hr in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment: The Washington Hospital
Parent company: Washington Health System
Street: 155 Wilson Avenue
City: Washington
State: PA
ZIP: 15301
On-site location: OR room 10

What was the outcome?

Outcome: Other recordable case (code 4)
Type: Other illness (code 6)

Before the incident

EE working in [REDACTED] during surgical case EE reached with a gloved RT hand to place a contaminated instrument in a water bucket when EE felt a pinch to lateral RT 5th finger There was a contaminated pin driver against the water bucket that pinched RT finger

What happened

Injury or illness

EE working in OR during surgical case EE reached with a gloved RT hand to place a contaminated instrument in a water bucket when EE felt a pinch to lateral RT 5th finger There was a contaminated pin driver against the water bucket that pinched RT finger

Object or substance involved

Summary line

Employee and industry

Job description: Cert Surg Tech Hr
SOC code: 43-4161 — Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
NAICS code: 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage: 2022
Avg employees: 1588
Total hours worked: 3483891
Establishment ID: 1018038
Employer case #: 2273

When (timing detail)

Date of incident: 2023-12-12
Shift started: 6:00:00.000
Time of incident: 10:30:00.000
Submitted: 01MAR24:17:45:00

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.