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OSHA Injury Report: Lewis Gale Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Lewis Gale Medical Center in Salem, VA 24153 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rRT in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Lewis Gale Medical Center
Parent company
HCA
Street
1900 Electric Road
City
Salem
State
VA
ZIP
24153
On-site location
NTICU
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

routine respiratory care of a patient on a ventilator

I had to disconnect the vent circuit to switch sides for transporting ventilator and the circuit had fluid condensation sputum and it sprayed out and bounced back on my arm and face

potential BBP exposure

potential BBP exposure

I had to disconnect the vent circuit to switch sides for transporting ventilator and the circuit had fluid condensation sputum and it sprayed out and bounced back on my arm and face

Job description
RRT
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1201
Total hours worked
2504576
EIN
621760148
Establishment ID
825118
Employer case #
15645
Date of incident
Shift started
6:45
Time of incident
8:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28JAN26:01:21:00

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.