Edgewood, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: St Elizabeth Healthcare Edgewood Campus
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at St Elizabeth Healthcare Edgewood Campus in 1 Medical Village Drive, Edgewood, KY 41017 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was phlebotomist healthcare professional in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- St Elizabeth Healthcare Edgewood Campus
- Parent company
- St Elizabeth Healthcare Inc.
- Street
- 1 Medical Village Drive
- City
- Edgewood
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 41017
- On-site location
- Edgewood Hospital Healthcare Patient Care Space
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
The employee was engaged in normal patient care processes in the [REDACTED] Hospital Healthcare Patient Care Space. Specifically the employee was assisting with drawing blood from a patient when the needle stick occurred.
What happened
The incident occurred in the [REDACTED]. The patient was having blood drawn and was a little confused. The patient sneezed and raised his hand causing the needle to fall out of his hand and puncture the employees hand and glove. This resulted in potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens (BBF).
Injury or illness
The injury was a needle stick to an unspecified location on the hand with potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens (BBF).
Object or substance involved
The object that directly harmed the employee was a needle which caused a needle stick injury and potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens (BBF).
Summary line
The injury was a needle stick to an unspecified location on the hand. The object involved was a needle which directly caused the injury. The incident resulted in potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens (BBF).
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Phlebotomist healthcare professional
- SOC code
- 31-9097: Phlebotomists
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 3,101
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 6,451,072
- Establishment ID
- 1304218
- Employer case #
- 0408
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 10:25
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-28
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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