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 registered Nurse 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
- Med-Surg
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Giving an injection
What happened
I was giving my patient a heparin injection into her abdomen. After I finished giving her the injection I had the syringe slightly turned to the side. As I went to activate the safety on the syringe the needle quickly stuck my middle finger on my left hand.
Injury or illness
Contaminated sharps injury
Object or substance involved
Heparin needle
Summary line
left hand middle finger sharps injury
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Registered Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 483
- Total hours worked
- 649569
- Establishment ID
- 1294582
- Employer case #
- 20
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:55
- Time of incident
- 12:20
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 26JAN26:16:29:00
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.