Incident date: 2023-07-03
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was cleaning the surgery area when they were stuck by an unused suture needle that was left on the sink. The employee was hospitalized with a bacterial infection.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through unintentional needlestick or sharp injury
code_source: title: Needles, syringes
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate