Paducah, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Baptist Health Paducah
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Baptist Health Paducah in 2501 Kentucky Ave, Paducah, KY 42003 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was RN in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Baptist Health Paducah
- Parent company
- Baptist Health Systems
- Street
- 2501 Kentucky Ave
- City
- Paducah
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 42003
- On-site location
- ICU bed 9
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
I was administering insulin to my patient
What happened
I was going to put the insulin syringe in the sharps container and thought I had retracted the needle I had not retracted the needle and accidentally poked myself in my right palm while holding the insulin syringe in my left hand
Injury or illness
Contaminated Sharp Hand Right
Object or substance involved
insulin syringe
Summary line
I was going to put the insulin syringe in the sharps container and thought I had retracted the needle I had not retracted the needle and accidentally poked myself in my right palm while holding the insulin syringe in my left hand
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,358
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 2,398,557
- Establishment ID
- 802409
- Employer case #
- S2025-107
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 12:40
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-28
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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