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 RNM 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 Med-surg 2b.
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 Med-Surg 2B unit at Edgewood Hospital Healthcare. Specifically the employee was administering insulin to a patient in the right arm when the needle stick occurred.
What happened
The incident occurred in the Med-Surg 2B unit at Edgewood Hospital Healthcare. The employee was administering insulin to a patient in the right arm. The patient flinched causing the needle to prick the 4th digit of the employees right hand. This resulted in potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens (BBF).
Injury or illness
The injury was a needle stick to the right ring finger (L4 left 4th digit) with potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens (BBF).
Object or substance involved
The object that directly harmed the employee was an insulin needle which caused a needle stick injury and potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens (BBF).
Summary line
The injury was a needle stick to the right ring finger (L4 left 4th digit). The object involved was an insulin needle which directly caused the injury. The incident resulted in potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens (BBF).
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RNM Healthcare Professional
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- 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 #
- 0409
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 06:00
- 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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