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OSHA Injury Report: Rutherford Regional Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Rutherford Regional Medical Center in Rutherfordton, NC 28139 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rNOR Director in general medical and surgical hospitals.

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
Outside of OR Room 3
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Standing at the autoclave outside of [REDACTED]

Steam shot out the front door of the autoclave

Burns from steam forehead bridge of nose upper cheeks eyelids

Steam from autoclave

Burn from autoclave steam to forehead eyes nose.

Job description
RNOR Director
SOC code
2634069 — Medical and Health Services Managers
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 #
N017860
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
8:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
05FEB26:00:08:00

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.