Spartanburg, SC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Apella - Spartanburg Medical Center AHM
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Apella - Spartanburg Medical Center AHM in 101 East Wood St., Spartanburg, SC 29303 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was clinical RN II in hospital.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Apella - Spartanburg Medical Center AHM
- Parent company
- SPARTANBURG REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
- Street
- 101 East Wood St.
- City
- Spartanburg
- State
- SC
- ZIP
- 29303
- On-site location
- Patient room.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Checking patient 's blood sugar.
What happened
Nurse checked pt 's blood sugar and then drew up insulin into syringe to give two units to the pt. Nurse cleaned pt 's arm with alcohol swab told the patient they will start a countdown from 3 and then they will feel a stick in the back of their arm. The pt stated they were ready so the nurse began the countdown then stuck the needle into the pts arm. The pt jerked their arm away from the nurse and then immediately jerked their arm back toward the nurse which pushed the needle into the nurse 's finger. The nurse 's finger began to bleed.
Injury or illness
Contaminated needlestick L 3rd digit.
Object or substance involved
Contaminated insulin needle.
Summary line
Contaminated needlestick L 3rd digit.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Clinical RN II
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospital
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 7,031
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 6,599,233
- Establishment ID
- 1256432
- Employer case #
- EV2025298
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:45
- Time of incident
- 06:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-20
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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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