Springfield, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: Tristar Northcrest Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Tristar Northcrest Medical Center in Springfield, TN 37172 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was patient Care Technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Tristar Northcrest Medical Center
- Parent company
- HCA
- Street
- 100 Northcrest Dr.
- City
- Springfield
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37172
- On-site location
- Emergency Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Holding a patient 's arm for IV start.
What happened
Employee WAS HOLDING PATIENTS ARM DURING IV INSERTION PATIENT WAS BEING HELD DOWN BY 3 EMPLOYEES. [REDACTED] STUCK THE PATIENT RETRACTED THE SHARP AND DROPPED IT ONTO THE BED. Employee FELT A SHARP NICK TO RIGHT HAND AND AFTER REMOVING HER GLOVE THERE WAS A PUNCTURE PRESENT.
Injury or illness
Sharps injury
Object or substance involved
BD Insyte Autogaurd IV needle catheter
Summary line
Contaminated Sharps injury to right thumb from IV needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Patient Care Technician
- SOC code
- 31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 483
- Total hours worked
- 649569
- Establishment ID
- 1294582
- Employer case #
- 11
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 17:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 23JAN26:21:16:00
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.