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OSHA Injury Report: St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon in Buckhannon, WV 26201 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was emergency department tech in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon
Parent company
WVU Medicine
Street
1 Amalia Dr.
City
Buckhannon
State
WV
ZIP
26201
On-site location
ER exam room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

cleaning up after a procedure

Safety device was not activated on scalpel. Employee was poked by contaminated scalpel when she went to pick up a different medical instrument.

puncture

scalpel

needlestick middle finger right palmar by needle

Job description
emergency department tech
SOC code
29-2042 — Emergency Medical Technicians
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
451
Total hours worked
877366
Establishment ID
923111
Employer case #
2023-73
Date of incident
Shift started
18:51:00.000
Time of incident
23:00:00.000
Submitted
12JAN24:18:45:00

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.