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 physician 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
- Operating Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Injecting steroids into a patient 's foot lesion
What happened
Syringe broke from pressure during injection and the needle slipped out and stuck the employee in the left thumb
Injury or illness
Dirty needle stick in the left thumb
Object or substance involved
Dirty needle
Summary line
Syringe broke during injection and needle slipped out causing dirty stick to left thumb
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Physician
- SOC code
- 29-1229: Physicians, All Other
- 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 #
- 4535
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 08:10
- 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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