Kingwood, WV —
OSHA Injury Report: Preston Memorial Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Preston Memorial Hospital in Kingwood, WV 26537 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was uS tech in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Preston Memorial Hospital
- Parent company
- Vandalia Health
- Street
- 150 Memorial Drive
- City
- Kingwood
- State
- WV
- ZIP
- 26537
- On-site location
- Radiology
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
[REDACTED] assisted radiologist with completing paracentesis on patient. After procedure completed [REDACTED] was cleaning up the table and picked up the scalpel to dispose in the sharps container.
What happened
Scalpel in her R gloved hand and scraped punctured her L gloved hand. She did not initially think it broke the skin but then she noticed blood. She reported to her manager who alerted house supervisor and instructed patient to report the ED for treatment.
Injury or illness
R hand scalpel
Object or substance involved
Scalpel
Summary line
After procedure completed [REDACTED] was cleaning up the table and picked up the scalpel to dispose in the sharps container. Scalpel in her R gloved hand and scraped punctured her L gloved hand.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- US tech
- SOC code
- 29-2012 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 454
- Total hours worked
- 599112
- Establishment ID
- 1558784
- Employer case #
- 6
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 12MAR26:19:33:00
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.