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OSHA Injury Report: West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital in Dyersburg, TN 38024 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital
Parent company
West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital
Street
400 East Tickle St
City
Dyersburg
State
TN
ZIP
38024
On-site location
Emergency Department
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Drawing blood on patient.

Placing used IV catheter into sharps box with j loop and flush attached. All items attached and when pushed flap up on sharps box it pushed the flush out and blood splashed into left eye and forehead.

Bloodborne exposure to left eye and forehead

Flush that was attached to the used IV Catheter

placing used IV catheter into sharps box along with j loop and flush all items attached when pushed flap up on sharps box it pushed the flush out and splashed into left eye and forehead

Job description
Registered Nurse
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
412
Total hours worked
654003
EIN
421557536
Establishment ID
659768
Employer case #
4038
Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
22:00:00.000
Submitted
15JAN24:20:24:00

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.