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 operating Room Tech 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
- 1254-Obstetrics/Gynecology-1370 W D St
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Suctioning blood with a yankauer from the uterus in role as a OR tech.
What happened
I was suctioning blood from the uterus to assist provider to visualize her incision and she came up with the needle not knowing my hand was there and the needle stuck the bottom of inside of my thumb.
Injury or illness
Bloodborne Exposure-Cut Punctured Scrape Injured By Hand Tool Utensil; Not Powered-Needle Stick 43-Thumb-Patient Care - Needle
Object or substance involved
suture needle
Summary line
Bloodborne Exposure-Cut Punctured Scrape Injured By Hand Tool Utensil; Not Powered-Needle Stick 43-Thumb-Patient Care - NeedleThumbsuture needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operating Room Tech
- SOC code
- 29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
- 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 #
- WC24652328
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 8:20
- 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.