Lexington, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: 1252-Lexington Medical Center-250 Hospital Dr
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at 1252-Lexington Medical Center-250 Hospital Dr in Lexington, NC 27292 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was internal Temp Surgical Technologist in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- 1252-Lexington Medical Center-250 Hospital Dr
- Parent company
- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
- Street
- 250 Hospital Dr
- City
- Lexington
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 27292
- On-site location
- 1252-Surgical Operations-250 Hospital Dr
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Waiting in the OR on the patient to wake up so that we could clean up the OR after the surgical procedure was over.
What happened
I was breaking down and cleaning up another Surgical techs back table where all the instruments and supplies were that was used during the procedure. There was a sharp instrument sticking up out of the instrument pan that I didn 't see as I was cleaning up the table. The instrument caught my finger and punctured it. The instrument was used during the surgical procedure.
Injury or illness
Bloodborne Exposure-Cut Punctured Scrape Injured By Hand Tool Utensil; Not Powered-Puncture-Finger(s)-Tools machinery equipment - Hand tools
Object or substance involved
Senn rake retractor
Summary line
Bloodborne Exposure-Cut Punctured Scrape Injured By Hand Tool Utensil; Not Powered-Puncture-Finger(s)-Tools machinery equipment - Hand toolsFinger(s)Senn rake retractor
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Internal Temp Surgical Technologist
- SOC code
- 29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 511
- Total hours worked
- 954354
- EIN
- 560543238
- Establishment ID
- 1356980
- Employer case #
- WC24654138
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 12:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 27FEB2025:19:14:00
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.