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 pA 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
- OR
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
PA assisting surgeon in the OR during a vascular case
What happened
Surgeon was reloading suture needle and it spun from his hand and stuck employee in the right index finger.
Injury or illness
needlestick to right index finger
Object or substance involved
contaminated suture needle
Summary line
was stuck with suture needle per Surgeon in the OR. Surgeon was reloading needle and it spun from his hand and stuck employee.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- PA
- SOC code
- 29-1071 — Physician Assistants
- 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 #
- 47
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:50
- Time of incident
- 9:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 28JAN2025:17:19:00
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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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