Dyersburg, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital in 400 East Tickle St, Dyersburg, TN 38024 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- 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
- Labor and Delivery Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Assisting patient to upright position for epidural placement.
What happened
Injecting patient with subcutaneous local drawing up more local for procedure and inadvertently stuck left thumb.
Injury or illness
Left Thumb dirty needlestick
Object or substance involved
25 gauge needle in Braun Epidural (ESPOCAN) kit
Summary line
While drawing up more local for procedure stuck self in the left thumb with a dirty Braun [REDACTED]
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
- SOC code
- 29-1151: Nurse Anesthetists
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 412
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 654,003
- EIN
- 421557536
- Establishment ID
- 659768
- Employer case #
- CF9576
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 12:15
- 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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