Meridian, MS ·
OSHA Injury Report: Rush Foundation Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Rush Foundation Hospital in 1314 19th Ave, Meridian, MS 39301 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Technician in hospitals, specialty (except psychiatric, substance abuse).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Rush Foundation Hospital
- Parent company
- Ochsner Clinic Foundation
- Street
- 1314 19th Ave
- City
- Meridian
- State
- MS
- ZIP
- 39301
- On-site location
- OR 11
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was scrubbed in during a surgery. She went to grab the suture out of the surgeon 's hand and accidentally stuck her right middle finger.
What happened
When the worker was trying to grab the suture needle out of the surgeon 's hand the contaminated needle stuck the worker 's right middle finger.
Injury or illness
needlestick to right middle finger; contaminated suture needle
Object or substance involved
contaminated suture needle
Summary line
needlestick to right middle finger; contaminated suture needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Technician
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 622310: Hospitals, specialty (except psychiatric, substance abuse)
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 914
- Total hours worked
- 468135
- EIN
- 640664988
- Establishment ID
- 1044732
- Employer case #
- AAAC000001
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 11:15
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 01MAR2025:22:58:00
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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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