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 Med-Surge 7d
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 administering an insulin shot to a patient in the [REDACTED]-Surge 7d unit.
What happened
The incident occurred while the employee was administering an insulin shot to a patient. After removing the needle from the patients right arm the employee was attempting to close the needle with their left hand while holding it with their right hand. During this process the employee accidentally stuck themselves under the left thumb (L1 1st digit). 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 the left thumb (L1 1st digit) with potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens (BBF).
Object or substance involved
The object that directly harmed the employee was a hypodermic needle with possible exposure to bloodborne pathogens (BBF).
Summary line
The injury is a needle stick to the left thumb (L1 1st digit). The object involved was a hypodermic needle. This event occurred in the Edgewood Hospital Healthcare Patient [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] 7d while administering an insulin shot to a patien
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 #
- 0441
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:30
- Time of incident
- 10:45
- 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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