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 rN 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
- Same Day Surgery
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Assisting Anesthesiologist with nerve block on same day surgical patient.
What happened
After MD completed nerve block on patient he gave RN employee the needle to place into sharps container. While placing needle into sharps container employee felt slight poke scrape.
Injury or illness
needlestick scrape with needle
Object or substance involved
contaminated needle
Summary line
After completing an abdominal nerve block on pt MD gave the needle to RN to place into sharps container. While placing needle into the sharps container RN felt slight poke scrape on right ring finger.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- 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 #
- 33
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 7:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 28JAN2025:19:11:00
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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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