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 surgical technologist 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
- OR surgery room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
cleaning OR
What happened
she was cleaning OR room between procedures as she was wiping up the floor under the bed she felt stick in her left thumb and found an epidural needle stuck through her cleaning cloth.
Injury or illness
needlestick
Object or substance involved
epidural needle
Summary line
needlestick thumb left palmar by needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- surgical technologist
- 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 #
- 2023-2643
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 12:45:00.000
- Submitted
- 12JAN24:16:16:00
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.