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OSHA Injury Report: Murphy Medical Center dba Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Murphy Medical Center dba Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital in Murphy, NC 28906 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Murphy Medical Center dba Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital
Parent company
Erlanger Health
Street
3990 E US Hwy 64 Alt
City
Murphy
State
NC
ZIP
28906
On-site location
ER
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Ventilating patient with ambu bag MD attempting trach on patient with scapel traumatic situation scalpel punctured staff 's hand.

Ventilating patient with ambu bag MD attempting trach on patient with scapel traumatic situation scalpel punctured staff 's hand.

contaminated sharp

contaminated sharp

ventilating pt with Ambu bag MD was attempting trach on pt with scalpel. Scapel punctured staff 's hand

Job description
RN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
543
Total hours worked
672100
EIN
561844262
Establishment ID
1463658
Employer case #
202500010
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
18:05
Filing year
2025
Submitted
09FEB26:16:42:00

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.