Louisville, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: Jewish Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, KY 40202 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN Float Mix Acuity in hospital.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Jewish Hospital
- Street
- 200 Abraham Flexner Way
- City
- Louisville
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 40202
- On-site location
- patient room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Administered Flu vaccine to patient(RM305 [REDACTED] [REDACTED]) left deltoid per protocol. Gloves bilateral were worn. After administering the vaccine patient jerked a bit and I stated Hold on I need to cover your injection site. Patient states Oh ok. I changed the vaccine syringe to my left hand and proceded to clamp the safety cap and it slipped without engaging and pierced my thumb to my left hand which was gloved. I immediately left patient room and bled my thumb out per protocol following soap and water scrub. Alcohol cleanse following and covered. Reported to the 3East Manager [REDACTED] and immediately reported to employee health.
What happened
Administered Flu vaccine to patient(RM305 [REDACTED] [REDACTED]) left deltoid per protocol. Gloves bilateral were worn. After administering the vaccine patient jerked a bit and I stated Hold on I need to cover your injection site. Patient states Oh ok. I changed the vaccine syringe to my left hand and proceded to clamp the safety cap and it slipped without engaging and pierced my thumb to my left hand which was gloved. I immediately left patient room and bled my thumb out per protocol following soap and water scrub. Alcohol cleanse following and covered. Reported to the 3East Manager [REDACTED] and immediately reported to employee health.
Injury or illness
Needle Stick Exposure Body Fluid Thumb Left
Object or substance involved
Needle
Summary line
Needle Stick Exposure Body Fluid Thumb Left
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN Float Mix Acuity
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospital
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 3399
- Total hours worked
- 3822058
- EIN
- 611293786
- Establishment ID
- 804866
- Employer case #
- 93
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 14:18
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 26FEB2025:17:26:00
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.