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 emergency department 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
- ER exam room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
cleaning up after a procedure
What happened
Safety device was not activated on scalpel. Employee was poked by contaminated scalpel when she went to pick up a different medical instrument.
Injury or illness
puncture
Object or substance involved
scalpel
Summary line
needlestick middle finger right palmar by needle
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:51:00.000
- Time of incident
- 23:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 12JAN24:18:45:00
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.