Union, SC —
OSHA Injury Report: Union Medical Center AHM
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Union Medical Center AHM in Union, SC 29379 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Union Medical Center AHM
- Parent company
- Apella Health
- Street
- 322 West South Street
- City
- Union
- State
- SC
- ZIP
- 29379
- On-site location
- Patient Room Patient Bathroom
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
(Electronic SREO) was administering [REDACTED] injection in patient 's arm. Patient declined to have injection in his abdominal area. Once injection was finished I tried to retract the needle by pushing in on it while still inside of patient. The patient jumped with fright and the needle came out of his arm without being retracted and I accidently stuck my left index finger with the needle. Activity Before Incident: I was in process of administering morning medications to this patient
What happened
(Electronic SREO) was administering [REDACTED] injection in patient 's arm. Patient declined to have injection in his abdominal area. Once injection was finished I tried to retract the needle by pushing in on it while still inside of patient. The patient jumped with fright and the needle came out of his arm without being retracted and I accidently stuck my left index finger with the needle.
Injury or illness
Bloodborne Exposure; Finger(s) (left) - 2 index; --Needlestick & Sharp Object Injury - Exposure
Object or substance involved
Needlestick & Sharp Object Injury - Exposure
Summary line
[REDACTED] [REDACTED] was administering [REDACTED] and I accidently stuck my left index finger with the needle.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Registered Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 217
- Total hours worked
- 354042
- Establishment ID
- 1089130
- Employer case #
- EV20232816
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 10:11:00.000
- Submitted
- 07FEB24:19:22:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.