Buckhannon, WV —
OSHA Injury Report: St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon in Buckhannon, WV 26201 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lPN in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon
- Parent company
- WVU Medicine
- Street
- 1 Amalia Dr.
- City
- Buckhannon
- State
- WV
- ZIP
- 26201
- On-site location
- outpatient services exam room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
drawing blood
What happened
drawing blood on patient had to be stuck again. Pt was syringed to obtain specimen. Needle placed in sharps container but did not go all the way down. Unnoticed by nurse and while placing hub of another needle in the sharps box finger was stuck.
Injury or illness
needlestick
Object or substance involved
needle
Summary line
needlestick middle finger left palmar
Employee and industry
- Job description
- LPN
- SOC code
- 29-2061 — Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 451
- Total hours worked
- 877366
- Establishment ID
- 923111
- Employer case #
- 2023-448
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:35:00.000
- Time of incident
- 11:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 12JAN24:14:06:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.