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OSHA Injury Report: East Tennessee Children's Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at East Tennessee Children's Hospital in Knoxville, TN 37916 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Tech in hospitals, general pediatric.

Establishment
East Tennessee Children's Hospital
Parent company
East Tennessee Children’s Hospital Association, Inc.
Street
2018 Clinch Ave
City
Knoxville
State
TN
ZIP
37916
On-site location
OR Suite
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Searching the floor for a lost suture needle

Found the lost dirty suture needle. Picked it up. Needle turned and stuck employee in the thumb.

Dirty needle stick to thumb

Dirty needle

Picked up dropped dirty suture needle from floor and stuck thumb

Job description
Surgical Tech
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general pediatric
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1912
Total hours worked
2315606
EIN
626002604
Establishment ID
1426886
Employer case #
3517
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
0:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
12JAN26:19:50:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.