Knoxville, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: East Tennessee Children's Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at East Tennessee Children's Hospital in 2018 Clinch Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Tech in hospitals, general pediatric.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Searching the floor for a lost suture needle
What happened
Found the lost dirty suture needle. Picked it up. Needle turned and stuck employee in the thumb.
Injury or illness
Dirty needle stick to thumb
Object or substance involved
Dirty needle
Summary line
Picked up dropped dirty suture needle from floor and stuck thumb
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Tech
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general pediatric
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,912
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 2,315,606
- EIN
- 626002604
- Establishment ID
- 1426886
- Employer case #
- 3517
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 00:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-12
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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