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OSHA Injury Report: North Alabama Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at North Alabama Medical Center in Florence, AL 35630 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was care Partner in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
North Alabama Medical Center
Parent company
North Alabama Medical Center
Street
1701 Veterans Drive
City
Florence
State
AL
ZIP
35630
On-site location
Patient Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Drawing a blood sample from patient using a butterfly needle

While drawing the blood the patient jumped causing the needle to come out of arm. Employee stuck herself when her finger slid into the vacutainer tube and stuck her finger with the needle that attaches to the tubes.

exposure

dirty needle

Needlestick Right Index Finger

Job description
Care Partner
SOC code
31-1122 — Personal Care Aides
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1710
Total hours worked
2512067
EIN
272451336
Establishment ID
584941
Employer case #
18
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
17:45:00.000
Submitted
16FEB24:17:09:00

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.