Edgewood, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: St Elizabeth Healthcare Edgewood Campus
Other illness · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an other illness at St Elizabeth Healthcare Edgewood Campus in 1 Medical Village Drive, Edgewood, KY 41017 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Tec C 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 Surgical theater
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
Before the incident
The employee was engaged in normal patient care processes in the healthcare setting. Specifically the employee was assisting in a laparoscopic transverse colectomy in the Surgical theater.
What happened
The incident occurred while the employee was assisting in a laparoscopic transverse colectomy. During the process of putting trocars in the employee got stuck with an 11 blade. The employee did not realize the injury until they saw blood underneath their glove. The employee handed the blade to the surgeon for the second time and noticed their finger was bloody under the glove. 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 cut to an unspecified finger with potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens (BBF).
Object or substance involved
The object that directly harmed the employee was an 11 blade with possible exposure to bloodborne pathogens (BBF).
Summary line
The injury is a cut to an unspecified finger. The object involved was an 11 blade. This event occurred in the [REDACTED] Hospital [REDACTED] Patient Care [REDACTED] Surgical [REDACTED] during a laparoscopic transverse colectomy.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Tec C 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 #
- 0449
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:30
- Time of incident
- 11:29
- 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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