Lima, OH —
OSHA Injury Report: Institute for Orthopaedic Surgery
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Institute for Orthopaedic Surgery in Lima, OH 45804 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was scrub Tech in orthopedic hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Institute for Orthopaedic Surgery
- Parent company
- West Central Ohio Group
- Street
- 801 Medical Dr. Suite B
- City
- Lima
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 45804
- On-site location
- OR Suite
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Performing job as surgical scrub handing instruments to surgeon.
What happened
PA was handing back the [REDACTED] device with sharp pin to Scrub 's mayo table accidently colliding with worker 's hand stabbing employee in left thumb
Injury or illness
puncture to left thumb
Object or substance involved
Smith and Nephew System 8 threaded short pin
Summary line
During hand off in surgery of device worker and PA hands collided resulting puncture wound to worker 's left thumb
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Scrub Tech
- SOC code
- 29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622310 — Orthopedic hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 224
- Total hours worked
- 327534
- EIN
- 341848147
- Establishment ID
- 46055
- Employer case #
- 24-1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 12:50
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 06JAN2025:20:09:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.