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OSHA Injury Report: Sycamore Shoals Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Sycamore Shoals Hospital in Elizabethton, TN 37643 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was mammography technologist in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Parent company
Ballad Health
Street
1501 W Elk Ave
City
Elizabethton
State
TN
ZIP
37643
On-site location
mammography
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

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during needle loc after the needle was placed in the breast I was pulling the breast up to position and felt a prick. I noticed some blood on my gloves and noticed area of broken skin on my middle finger right hand

needle stick

needle

needlestick middle finger right hand

Job description
mammography technologist
SOC code
29-2034 — Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
287
Total hours worked
435677
EIN
084548399
Establishment ID
1448526
Employer case #
13181
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
14:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
29JAN26:20:16:00

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.