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OSHA Injury Report: Holston Valley Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, TN 37660 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was certified Sterile Processing Tech in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Holston Valley Medical Center
Parent company
Ballad Health
Street
130 West Ravine Road
City
Kingsport
State
TN
ZIP
37660
On-site location
Decontamination in Sterile Processing
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Team member stated I was getting instrument out of dirty case cart.

Team member stated Basin bowl with dirty sharps instruments was on top of case cart not visible. Team member grabbed the basin with hands at [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] and the probe pointer stuck left hand at the bottom of thumb.

Puncture - left hand

Mako Strike probe

Puncture; left hand; Maki Strike probe

Job description
Certified Sterile Processing Tech
SOC code
31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1307
Total hours worked
2263520
Establishment ID
51550
Employer case #
1830_1
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
13:57
Filing year
2025
Submitted
23FEB26:18:40:00

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.