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OSHA Injury Report: Cherokee Medical Center AHM

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Cherokee Medical Center AHM in Gaffney, SC 29340 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Technician i e CST RST in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Cherokee Medical Center AHM
Parent company
Apella Health
Street
1530 N. Limestone St.
City
Gaffney
State
SC
ZIP
29340
On-site location
Operating Room-Main
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

(Electronic SREO) dr laid down suture needle on field and it stuck me as soon as she laid it down and said needle down Activity Before Incident: retracting and holding suture strand

(Electronic SREO) [REDACTED] laid down suture needle on field and it stuck me as soon as she laid it down and said needle down

Puncture: Non-Exposure; Hand (Right); --Needlestick & Sharp Object Injury - Exposure

Needlestick & Sharp Object Injury - Exposure

[REDACTED] [REDACTED] (Electronic SREO) [REDACTED] laid down suture needle on field and it stuck me as soon as she laid it down and said needle down Activity Before Incident: retracting and holding suture strand

Job description
Surgical Technician i e CST RST
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
308
Total hours worked
495239
Establishment ID
1089110
Employer case #
EV20232866
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:15:00.000
Submitted
07FEB24:19:46:00

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.