North Wilkesboro, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: 1254-Wilkes Medical Center-1370 West D St
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at 1254-Wilkes Medical Center-1370 West D St in North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was nursing Staff RN in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- 1254-Wilkes Medical Center-1370 West D St
- Parent company
- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
- Street
- 1370 West D St
- City
- North Wilkesboro
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28659
- On-site location
- Wilkes Regional Emergency Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
deaccessing port
What happened
I removed huber needle from patient attempting to use safety mechanism through the dressing tape I thought it was all the way into the safety cover I went to throw the needle into sharps and stick my left index finger.
Injury or illness
Bloodborne Exposure-Cut Punctured Scrape Injured By Object Being Lifted Or Handled-Puncture-Finger(s)-Patient Care - Needle
Object or substance involved
huber needle
Summary line
Bloodborne Exposure-Cut Punctured Scrape Injured By Object Being Lifted Or Handled-Puncture-Finger(s)-Patient Care - NeedleFinger(s)huber needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Nursing Staff RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 514
- Total hours worked
- 946879
- EIN
- 830343789
- Establishment ID
- 1357016
- Employer case #
- WC24659315
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 22:00
- 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.