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 resident 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
- SICU
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
attempting to place IV in patient
What happened
Attempted to place peripheral IV in right antecubital Accidentally stuck tip of the IV near the DIP joint of the Left hand dorsal side Didnot notice punctureuntil degloving and finding a bit of blood
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
Attempted to place peripheral IV in right antecubital Accidentally stuck tip of the IV near the DIP joint of the Left hand dorsal side Didnot notice punctureuntil degloving and finding a bit of blood
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Resident
- SOC code
- 29-1229 — Physicians, All Other
- 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 #
- 16520
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00
- Time of incident
- 12:30
- 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.