Dover, DE ·
OSHA Injury Report: Kent General Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Kent General Hospital in 640 S. State St., Dover, DE 19901 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was patient Care RN 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
- 3South
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Administering medication via injection
What happened
Employee thought she had fully engaged the safety device on the needle but when she went to pick up the needle syringe her L thumb was stuck with the needle.
Injury or illness
Needlestick puncture to L thumb
Object or substance involved
Thumb
Summary line
Needlestick puncture to L thumb
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Patient Care RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 3,664
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 5,494,543
- EIN
- 510064318
- Establishment ID
- 1090716
- Employer case #
- K-24-479
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 21:50
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-31
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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, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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