New Albany, MS ·
OSHA Injury Report: Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County in 200 highway 30 West, New Albany, MS 38652 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was RN in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County
- Parent company
- Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation
- Street
- 200 highway 30 West
- City
- New Albany
- State
- MS
- ZIP
- 38652
- On-site location
- Baptist Cancer Center - Desoto
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Attempting IV start then trying to dispose of used IV start system
What happened
Attempted IV access without success. Did not get blood return during IV attempt which I believe contributed to me forgetting to manually activate the safety on the needle before I disposed of the set. This set relies on blood being pulled into the full length of the tubing set in order to be considered a successful IV start. I removed the needle catheter from the patient and went to dispose of it in the sharps box; however I closed my fingers slightly which caught the needle at just the correct angle to accidentally push the needle catheter into the heel of my right palm.
Injury or illness
Moderate finger stick to the left thumb
Object or substance involved
Needle
Summary line
Needle stick injury to right palm while disposing of contaminated BD Nexiva Closed IV catheter system
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 529
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 873,353
- EIN
- 630997281
- Establishment ID
- 902089
- Employer case #
- 21
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
- 2026-02-03
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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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