Rutherfordton, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: Rutherford Physician Practices-RRHS
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Rutherford Physician Practices-RRHS in Rutherfordton, NC 28139 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was cMA in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Rutherford Physician Practices-RRHS
- Parent company
- Rutherford Regional Health System
- Street
- 288 S. Ridgecrest Ave
- City
- Rutherfordton
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28139
- On-site location
- Premier Women's Clinic/Lab
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Cleaning up after a venipuncture
What happened
While disposing of vacutainer employee 's right index finger slipped into the vacutainer device and was stuck by the contaminated needle
Injury or illness
Contaminated needlestick to right index finger
Object or substance involved
Needle inside of vacutainer
Summary line
Contaminated needlestick to right index finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- CMA
- SOC code
- 31-9092 — Medical Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 121
- Total hours worked
- 211003
- EIN
- 465137699
- Establishment ID
- 60603
- Employer case #
- M724739
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 05FEB26:01:06:00
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.