Gastonia, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Caromont Health, Incorporated d/b/a CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Caromont Health, Incorporated d/b/a CaroMont Regional Medical Center in 2525 Court Drive, Gastonia, NC 28054 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was certified surgical technician in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Parent company
- CaroMont Health, Inc.
- Street
- 2525 Court Drive
- City
- Gastonia
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28054
- On-site location
- operating room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
assisting with surgical procedure
What happened
stuck right pinky finger with contaminated 21g needle during surgery
Injury or illness
contaminated needlestick bloodborne pathogen exposure
Object or substance involved
21g needle blood body fluids
Summary line
assisting with surgical procedure stuck right pinky finger with contaminated surgical needle 21g causing bloodborne pathogen exposure
Employee and industry
- Job description
- certified surgical technician
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 4,140
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 6,206,578
- EIN
- 560619359
- Establishment ID
- 590721
- Employer case #
- 485
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:50
- Time of incident
- 21:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-16
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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