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OSHA Injury Report: Sycamore Shoals Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Sycamore Shoals Hospital in Elizabethton, TN 37643 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was mD in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Parent company
Ballad Health
Street
1501 West Elk Avenue
City
Elizabethton
State
TN
ZIP
37643
On-site location
OR room 1
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Tying a suture

While tying a suture needle flipped around and stuck left 3rd finger

needle stick to left 3rd finger

needle

Needlestick of left 3rd finger

Job description
MD
SOC code
29-1229 — Physicians, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
274
Total hours worked
452813
Establishment ID
434884
Employer case #
9
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
13:00:00.000
Submitted
13FEB24:22:08:00

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.