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 RN 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 surgery theater
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 healthcare setting. Specifically the employee was assisting in a mallet toe repair surgery.
What happened
The incident occurred while the employee was assisting in a mallet toe repair surgery. During this process the Arthrex staple kit became stuck in the guide and the employees finger got stuck while trying to remove it resulting in a needle stick. The employee was wearing gloves which may have been contaminated leading to potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens (BBF).
Injury or illness
The injury was a needle stick to an unspecified finger with potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens (BBF).
Object or substance involved
The object that directly harmed the employee was an Arthrex staple kit with possible exposure to bloodborne pathogens (BBF).
Summary line
The injury is a needle stick to an unspecified finger. The object involved was an [REDACTED] staple kit. This event occurred in the [REDACTED] during a mallet toe repair surgery.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN Healthcare Professional
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- 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 #
- 0439
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:30
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-03-02
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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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