West Boylston, MA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Worcester County Jail and House of Corrections
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Worcester County Jail and House of Corrections in 5 Paul X Tivnan Drive, West Boylston, MA 01583 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was TN in not required.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Worcester County Jail and House of Corrections
- Parent company
- Wellpath
- Street
- 5 Paul X Tivnan Drive
- City
- West Boylston
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 01583
- On-site location
- Infirmary
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
EE states she was emptying a trash can when the bag ripped so she cleaned up the trash when she was stuck by a used needle on her right middle finger.
What happened
staff member stuck by needle that was improperly disposed of in trash vs sharps container.
Injury or illness
needlestick to right middle finger.
Object or substance involved
improperly disposed needle.
Summary line
needlestick
Employee and industry
- Job description
- TN
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 621111: Not required
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 44
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 97,909
- EIN
- 320092573
- Establishment ID
- 912256
- Employer case #
- 1479-WC-23
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:30
- Time of incident
- 20:05
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-10-01
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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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