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 surgical Tech 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 Concourse
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was scrubbed on a surgical procedure a right parotidectomy and right neck dissection with nerve monitoring with doctor. At the end of the procedure the patient started moving and coughing and an unexpected amount of blood was noted in the drain. Employee reports that things became hectic due to some of the suturing needing to be redone. The PA passed her a used Monocryl needle using a hand-to-hand technique and at this point she was stuck with the used surgery needle (a Monocryl). She immediately reported this to leadership and was sent to employee health and then to the ER. Blood was drawn for an employee incident testing panel and sent to the lab.
What happened
Passing of a used suture needle from the PA to employee.
Injury or illness
Needlestick to the left thumb with a used suture needle.
Object or substance involved
Needle
Summary line
Needlestick to the left thumb with a used suture 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)
- 3,637
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 5,698,928
- EIN
- 620123940
- Establishment ID
- 172456
- Employer case #
- 173
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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