South Williamson, KY ·
OSHA Injury Report: ARH Specialty Associates Tug Valley
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at ARH Specialty Associates Tug Valley in 306 Hospital Drive, South Williamson, KY 41503 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was general Surgeon in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- ARH Specialty Associates Tug Valley
- Parent company
- Appalachian Regional Healthcare
- Street
- 306 Hospital Drive
- City
- South Williamson
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 41503
- On-site location
- Operating Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Performing surgery on patient and was in process of closing wound when bleeder happened.
What happened
EXPERIENCED A BLEEDER AND SAT THE [REDACTED] DOWN TO USE THE CAUTERY AND WHEN HE PICKED THE [REDACTED] BACK UP TO CONTINUE TO CLOSE THE WOUND STUCK HIMSELF WITH THE [REDACTED]. HE TOOK OFF HIS GLOVES THE [REDACTED]. HE TOOK OFF HIS GLOVES AND WAS RE-GLOVED AND A NEW [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] HOLDER WAS ADDED TO THE STERILE FIELD. AFTER PATIENT WAS CLOSED THE DOCTOR DID A BETADINE SCRUB OF THE PUNCTURE WOUND. SIDE OF LEFT HAND WAS SITE OF INJURY.
Injury or illness
PUNCTURE
Object or substance involved
Needlestick
Summary line
CUT PUNCTURE SCRAPE - CAUGHT PUNCTURED SCRAPED NOC
Employee and industry
- Job description
- General Surgeon
- SOC code
- 29-1249: Surgeons, All Other
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 24
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 39,591
- EIN
- 520795508
- Establishment ID
- 961947
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 15:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-09
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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