Louisville, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: Mary Elizabeth Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Mary Elizabeth Hospital in Louisville, KY 40215 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rESPIRATORY THERAPIST EXEMPT in hospital.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mary Elizabeth Hospital
- Street
- 1850 Bluegrass Avenue
- City
- Louisville
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 40215
- On-site location
- CT procedure area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
transported patient from ICU to CT and began manually bagging
What happened
Patient had been intubated during a code blue; once in ICU the patient was put on a transport ventilator to go to [REDACTED] While on the CT table the patient 's SpO2 dropped so I went in and manually bagged him. While doing so the patient vomited and as I was talking to the patient some of the vomit entered my mouth.
Injury or illness
SPLASH Exposure Body Fluid Mouth - Patient had been intubated during a code blue; once in ICU the patient was put on a transport ventilator to go to CT. While on the CT table the patient 's SpO2 dropped so I went in and manually bagged him. While doing so the patient vomited and as I was talking to the patient some of the vomit entered my mouth.
Object or substance involved
Patient Care
Summary line
[REDACTED] Exposure Body Fluid Mouth
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RESPIRATORY THERAPIST EXEMPT
- SOC code
- 29-1126 — Respiratory Therapists
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospital
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 1410
- Total hours worked
- 1616484
- EIN
- 611293786
- Establishment ID
- 1344873
- Employer case #
- 27
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:00
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 26FEB2025:19:37:00
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.