Salem, VA —
OSHA Injury Report: Lewis Gale Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Lewis Gale Medical Center in Salem, VA 24153 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Tech in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Lewis Gale Medical Center
- Parent company
- HCA
- Street
- 1900 Electric Road
- City
- Salem
- State
- VA
- ZIP
- 24153
- On-site location
- OR
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
holding retractor during surgical case
What happened
was scrubbed in on surgery and was holding traction with right hand Her left hand was free the surgeon was asking for item from scrub tech and accidently stuck this EE in left middle finger with contaminated suture needle
Injury or illness
needle stick and expoure to blood and body fluids
Object or substance involved
needle stick and expoure to blood and body fluids
Summary line
was scrubbed in on surgery and was holding traction with right hand Her left hand was free the surgeon was asking for item from scrub tech and accidently stuck this EE in left middle finger with contaminated suture needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- surgical Tech
- SOC code
- 29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
- 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 #
- 15653
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:45
- Time of incident
- 11:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 28JAN26:01:21:00
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.