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 cert Surg Teck II 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 cleaning up sharps and instruments in the Surgical theater after a surgical case had ended.
What happened
The incident occurred while the employee was cleaning up sharps and instruments after a surgical case had ended. During this process the employee experienced a needle stick to an unspecified finger. 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 a hypodermic needle with possible exposure to bloodborne pathogens (BBF).
Summary line
The injury is a needle stick to an unspecified finger. The object involved was a hypodermic needle. This event occurred in the Edgewood Hospital Healthcare Patient Care [REDACTED] Surgical theater during the cleanup of sharps and instruments after a surgi
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Cert Surg Teck II 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 #
- 0456
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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