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 surgical Tech 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
- OR
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Assisting the surgeon with a surgical procedure
What happened
I moved my hand to the mayo stand where the suture needle was sticking up out of the needle holder needed to move the suture needle onto my back table which caused me to lower my hand Once I done so the needle
Injury or illness
Contaminated Sharp FingerRing Right
Object or substance involved
contaminated needlestick
Summary line
I moved my hand to the mayo stand where the suture needle was sticking up out of the needle holder I saw the needle and thought about how I needed to move the suture needle onto my back table which caused me to lower my hand Once I done so the needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Tech
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- 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 #
- S2025-147
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- 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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