Memphis, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Baptist Memorial Hospital - Memphis
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Memphis in 6019 Walnut Grove Rd., Memphis, TN 38120 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was RN in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Baptist Memorial Hospital - Memphis
- Parent company
- Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation
- Street
- 6019 Walnut Grove Rd.
- City
- Memphis
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 38120
- On-site location
- Surgery OR Main
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
EMPLOYEE WAS ABOUT TO MOVE PATIENT TO SURGICAL TABLE WITH ASSISTANCE.
What happened
DURING MOVEMENT OF PATIENT UNDER ANESTHESIA OVER TO SURGICAL TABLE ONE OF THE NERVE MONITORING NEEDLES CAME OUT OF THE PATIENT AND PUNCTURED SKIN OF THE HAND OF ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES MOVING THE PATIENT.
Injury or illness
Tube feeding paused and patient laid supine in Trendelenburg position. Patient pulled up in bed and very slightly to right side of bed to reposition. When done so stabbing pain noted to lower back in L5-S1 sacral region.
Object or substance involved
Needle
Summary line
NERVE MONITORING NEEDLE PUNCTURED SKIN OF EMPLOYEE DURING PATIENT MOVEMENT TO SURGICAL TABLE.
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)
- 3,637
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 5,698,928
- EIN
- 620123940
- Establishment ID
- 172456
- Employer case #
- 157
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-30
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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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