Dover, DE —
OSHA Injury Report: Kent General Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Kent General Hospital in Dover, DE 19901 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was patient Care Technician I in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Kent General Hospital
- Parent company
- Bayhealth
- Street
- 640 S. State St.
- City
- Dover
- State
- DE
- ZIP
- 19901
- On-site location
- Outpatient Service Center
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Drawing patient 's blood
What happened
During blood draw patient moved her hand which caused the needle to fall out of patient 's hand and hit employee in the R thumb.
Injury or illness
Needlestick puncture to R thumb
Object or substance involved
Needle
Summary line
Needlestick puncture to R thumb
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Patient Care Technician I
- SOC code
- 31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 3664
- Total hours worked
- 5494543
- EIN
- 510064318
- Establishment ID
- 1090716
- Employer case #
- K-24-436
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 12:34
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 30JAN2025:19:54:00
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.