Rutherfordton, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: Rutherford Regional Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Rutherford Regional Medical Center in Rutherfordton, NC 28139 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Rutherford Regional Medical Center
- Parent company
- Rutherford Regional Health System
- Street
- 288 S. Ridgecrest Ave.
- City
- Rutherfordton
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28139
- On-site location
- Emergency Department-Triage area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Transferring blood from a syringe to #2 Culture bottle
What happened
Contaminated needlestick left thumb
Injury or illness
Puncture wound left thumb from contaminated needlestick
Object or substance involved
Contaminated needlestick
Summary line
Contaminated needlestick left thumb
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 393
- Total hours worked
- 671962
- EIN
- 464996175
- Establishment ID
- 60571
- Employer case #
- M562258
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 10:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 04FEB26:22:36:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.