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OSHA Injury Report: West Tennessee Healthcare-Milan Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at West Tennessee Healthcare-Milan Hospital in Milan, TN 38358 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
West Tennessee Healthcare-Milan Hospital
Parent company
West Tennessee Healthcare
Street
4039 Highland St.
City
Milan
State
TN
ZIP
38358
On-site location
ER Room 4
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Assisting physician with abscess drainage.

[REDACTED] asked for excess drainage to be wiped from her glove with gauze. [REDACTED] did not voice that she had a needle in her hand and employee did not see it. Employee was stuck with the needle the [REDACTED] was holding.

Needle stick puncture to the right ring finger

18 gauge needle

Assisting [REDACTED] with abscess drainage. [REDACTED] asked for excess drainage to be wiped off her glove. [REDACTED] stuck employees right ring finger

Job description
Registered Nurse
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
118
Total hours worked
183826
Establishment ID
815621
Employer case #
271
Date of incident
Shift started
6:45
Time of incident
17:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
21JAN26:14:51:00

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.