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 Dyersburg, TN 38024 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was phlebotomist 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
- Emergency Room 3
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Preparing to draw blood on patient.
What happened
while disposing of blood culture hub in safety box inadvertently stuck finger in the inner aspect of hub and sustained dirty needle stick of right index finger.
Injury or illness
Dirty needle stick of right index finger.
Object or substance involved
Safety Holder Blood Culture Device Smith Medical 23 gauge
Summary line
While disposing of T Holder blood culture device stuck finger in the inner aspect of device and inadvertently received dirty needle stick.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Phlebotomist
- SOC code
- 31-9097 — Phlebotomists
- 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 #
- 4133
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 21:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 15JAN24:20:46:00
Source
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.