Murphy, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital in Murphy, NC 28906 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Tech in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital
- Street
- 3990 E US HW 64 ALT
- City
- Murphy
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28906
- On-site location
- OR
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Assisting Physician
What happened
The needle was not properly on syringe and it popped of physician started to inject fluid came out of syringe and landed in left eye.
Injury or illness
Fluid in eye
Object or substance involved
Fluid from syring
Summary line
Fluid in eye
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Tech
- SOC code
- 29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 457
- Total hours worked
- 689427
- EIN
- 561844262
- Establishment ID
- 1406630
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 02APR2025:12:39:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.