2,042,423Injury reports 130,778Establishments Most recent incident 2025-12-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

OSHA Injury Report: Baptist Health Paducah

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Baptist Health Paducah in Paducah, KY 42003 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was orderly in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Baptist Health Paducah
Parent company
Baptist Health Systems
Street
2501 Kentucky Ave
City
Paducah
State
KY
ZIP
42003
On-site location
OR
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

taking the heart patient up to the unit

putting trash bags in the trash bin i had just got done taking the heart patient up to the Unit I picked up the trash bag and it cut my leg because there was a needle in the trash

Contaminated Sharp

Aortic Root Cannula

putting trash bags in the trash bin i had just got done taking the heart patient up to the Unit I picked up the trash bag and it cut my leg because there was a needle in the trash

Job description
Orderly
SOC code
31-1132 — Orderlies
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1358
Total hours worked
2398557
Establishment ID
802409
Employer case #
S2025-107
Date of incident
Shift started
14:30
Time of incident
21:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28JAN26:19:36:00

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.