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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 surgical Tech 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)

Assisting the surgeon with a surgical procedure

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

Contaminated Sharp FingerRing Right

contaminated needlestick

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

Job description
Surgical Tech
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1358
Total hours worked
2398557
Establishment ID
802409
Employer case #
S2025-147
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
12:40
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.