Prestonsburg, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center in Prestonsburg, KY 41653 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was pHLEBOTOMIST in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
- Parent company
- Appalachian Regional Healthcare
- Street
- 5000 KY RT 321
- City
- Prestonsburg
- State
- KY
- ZIP
- 41653
- On-site location
- Highlands Regional Medical Center 5000 KY Rt 321 Prestonsburg KY 41653
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
COLLECTING LABS
What happened
WAS COLLECTING LABS FROM THE PATIENT IN ICU BED 12 SHE CLOSED THE NEEDLE AND LAY IT ON THE BED SO SHE COULD BANDAGE THE PATIENT EMP PICKED UP THE NEEDLE TO PLACE IT IN THE BIOHAZARD CONTAINER IT DIDNT CLOSE COMPLETELY AND SHE ACCIDENTALLY PRICKED RT HAND
Injury or illness
Needlestick
Object or substance involved
23g Butterfly Needle
Summary line
WAS COLLECTING LABS FROM THE PATIENT IN ICU BED 12 SHE CLOSED THE NEEDLE AND LAY IT ON THE BED SO SHE COULD BANDAGE THE PATIENT EMP PICKED UP THE NEEDLE TO PLACE IT IN THE BIOHAZARD CONTAINER IT DIDNT CLOSE COMPLETELY AND SHE ACCIDENTALLY PRICKED RT HAND
Employee and industry
- Job description
- PHLEBOTOMIST
- SOC code
- 31-9097 — Phlebotomists
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 509
- Total hours worked
- 915511
- EIN
- 008387099
- Establishment ID
- 887741
- Employer case #
- 8
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:09
- Time of incident
- 11:07
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 28FEB26:01:18:00
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.