Spruce Pine, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: MH Blue Ridge Medical Center, LLLP
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at MH Blue Ridge Medical Center, LLLP in Spruce Pine, NC 28777 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lab AssistantAide in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- MH Blue Ridge Medical Center, LLLP
- Parent company
- Mission Heatlh
- Street
- 125 Hospital Drive
- City
- Spruce Pine
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28777
- On-site location
- Medical/Surgical Unit
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Phlebotomy
What happened
When removing the needle from patient arm the phlebotomist thought the safety device was engaged but it was not - the tip of needle was exposed. When phlebotomist removed butterfly from syringe the needle made contact with thumb causing abrasion that broke skin.
Injury or illness
Nature of injury: Contaminated Sharp Body part: FingerThumb Comments: LEFT
Object or substance involved
When phlebotomist removed butterfly from syringe the needle made contact with thumb causing abrasion that broke skin.
Summary line
Contaminated Sharp FingerThumb When phlebotomist removed butterfly from syringe the needle made contact with thumb causing abrasion that broke skin.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Lab AssistantAide
- SOC code
- 29-2012 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 183
- Total hours worked
- 382533
- EIN
- 832048759
- Establishment ID
- 595550
- Employer case #
- V27635-52
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 10:30
- Time of incident
- 11:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 21JAN26:01:11:00
Source
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.