Kingsport, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: Holston Valley Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, TN 37660 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was physician in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Holston Valley Medical Center
- Parent company
- Ballad Health
- Street
- 130 West Ravine Road
- City
- Kingsport
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37660
- On-site location
- OR Room 11
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Operating on patient - transferring scalpel to other hand
What happened
Team member reported was transferring a contaminated scalpel blade to her nondominant hand when she cut her right palm. Team member did not activate the safety mechanism on the scalpel blade immediately after use.
Injury or illness
Contaminated cut - palm of right hand
Object or substance involved
Contaminated scalpel blade
Summary line
Contaminated cut; right hand; contaminated scalpel blade
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Physician
- SOC code
- 29-1229 — Physicians, All Other
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 1307
- Total hours worked
- 2263520
- Establishment ID
- 51550
- Employer case #
- 1856_1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 1:00
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 25FEB26:15:39:00
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.