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 surgical Assistant 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
- 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 an eyelid repair surgery in the Surgical theater.
What happened
The incident occurred while the employee was assisting in an eyelid repair surgery. During the procedure the doctor accidentally stabbed the employee in the left ring finger (L4 4th digit) with the tip of a Bovie electrical cautery knife. 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 stab wound to the left ring finger (L4 4th digit) with potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens (BBF).
Object or substance involved
The object that directly harmed the employee was the tip of a Bovie electrical cautery knife with possible exposure to bloodborne pathogens (BBF).
Summary line
The injury is a stab wound to the left ring finger (L4 4th digit). The object involved was the tip of a [REDACTED] electrical cautery knife. This event occurred in the Edgewood Hospital Healthcare Patient Care Space Surgical theater during an eyelid repai
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Assistant 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 #
- 0448
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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