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 phlebotomy tech 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
- lab work area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
drawing blood from a patient
What happened
I stuck her with a 23 Gauge needle in the Left AC. After drawing the patient 's blood I pulled the sheath to cover the needle and the Bevel of the needle was still exposed. I had the needle in my Right hand and went to switch it over to my Left hand to dispose of the needle in the biohazard bin and stuck my Left wrist with the bevel of the 23 Gauge needle.
Injury or illness
needlestick
Object or substance involved
needle
Summary line
needlestick wrist left anterior
Employee and industry
- Job description
- phlebotomy tech
- SOC code
- 29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 451
- Total hours worked
- 877366
- Establishment ID
- 923111
- Employer case #
- 2023-1174
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 10:15:00.000
- Time of incident
- 11:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 12JAN24:15:15:00
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.