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OSHA Injury Report: 1254-Wilkes Medical Center-1370 West D St

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at 1254-Wilkes Medical Center-1370 West D St in North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sonographer in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

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
1254-Ultrasound-1370 W D St
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Cleaning up area after para ultrasound.

I was cleaning up the area after the para was started. There was a needle left on the bed by the radiologist. When I picked up a blue towel I was stuck with the needle.

Bloodborne Exposure-Cut Punctured Scrape Injured By Object Being Lifted Or Handled-Puncture-Finger(s)-Patient Care - Needle

a needle

Bloodborne Exposure-Cut Punctured Scrape Injured By Object Being Lifted Or Handled-Puncture-Finger(s)-Patient Care - NeedleFinger(s)a needle

Job description
Sonographer
SOC code
29-2032 — Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
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 #
WC24660399
Date of incident
Time of incident
12:15
Filing year
2024
Submitted
27FEB2025:19:14:00

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.