Newport, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Newport Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Newport Medical Center in 435 Second Street, Newport, TN 37821 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sterile Processing and Unit Secretary in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Newport Medical Center
- Parent company
- Tennova
- Street
- 435 Second Street
- City
- Newport
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37821
- On-site location
- sterile processing wash room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
washing cleaning surgical eye instruments
What happened
EE was washing eye instruments in the sink in sterile processing department and one of the sharp eye instruments stuck through hand with 2 gloves while she was washing causing bleeding at the site.
Injury or illness
puncture to hand
Object or substance involved
eye instrument
Summary line
puncture to hand from sharp instrument
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sterile Processing and Unit Secretary
- SOC code
- 31-9093: Medical Equipment Preparers
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 319
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 499,258
- Establishment ID
- 915965
- Employer case #
- 20
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 09:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-15
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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