Munster, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: Franciscan Health Munster
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Franciscan Health Munster in Munster, IN 46321 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was food Service Assistant I in hospitals, general pediatric.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Franciscan Health Munster
- Parent company
- Franciscan Alliance
- Street
- 701 Superior Avenue
- City
- Munster
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46321
- On-site location
- Food and Nutrition Services
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Cleaning clearing breakfast food trays
What happened
[REDACTED] was cleaning meal trays when she was stuck in her left thumb with a needle left on the tray. Manager investigation found that source patient had tested herself with her own glucose testing supplies and left the contaminated dirty lancet needle on her food tray.
Injury or illness
Contact with contaminated hypodermic needled Contact with and exposure to potentially hazardous body fluids
Object or substance involved
Contaminated needle
Summary line
Contaminated needlestick to left thumb due to patient left needle on food tray.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Food Service Assistant I
- SOC code
- 35-3041 — Food Servers, Nonrestaurant
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general pediatric
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 560
- Total hours worked
- 1148092
- EIN
- 300995182
- Establishment ID
- 925296
- Employer case #
- 2024-00059
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 9:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 28JAN2025:15:07:00
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.