Weirton, WV —
OSHA Injury Report: Weirton Medical Center (2)
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Weirton Medical Center (2) in 601 Colliers Way, Weirton, WV 26062 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lab tech in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Weirton Medical Center (2)
- Parent company
- Weirton Medical Center
- Street
- 601 Colliers Way
- City
- Weirton
- State
- WV
- ZIP
- 26062
- On-site location
- outpatient lab
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Completed lab draw on patient in the Outpatient lab engaged safety on needle.
What happened
After performing lab draw and engaging safety needle while disposing needle in to sharps container got stuck with needle. Thought safety was fully engaged but was not fully engaged.
Injury or illness
Needle stick to left mid index finger.
Object or substance involved
contaminated butterfly needle
Summary line
after drawing patient 's labs with butterfly needle she engaged the safety and while putting it into sharps container it stuck her. Thought safety was fully engaged but was not.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Lab tech
- SOC code
- 29-2012 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 1285
- Total hours worked
- 1910500
- EIN
- 550387249
- Establishment ID
- 1273566
- Employer case #
- 48
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 10:29
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 28JAN2025:17:13:00
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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.
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