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OSHA Injury Report: 721 CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at 721 CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER in Talladega, AL 35160 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lab tech in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
721 CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER
Parent company
Citizens Baptist Medical Center
Street
604 Stone Avenue
City
Talladega
State
AL
ZIP
35160
On-site location
ED Room 8
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

lab [REDACTED]

EE was helping hold a patient so the other phlebotomist would be able to stick patient. The phlebotomist was sticking the patient in the hand and the patient jerked and then the needle swung and stuck [REDACTED] in the proximal right thumb.

Puncture Right Thumb Needle stick Needle

Needle

EE was helping hold a patient so the other phlebotomist would be able to stick patient. The phlebotomist was sticking the patient in the hand and the patient jerked and then the needle swung and stuck [REDACTED] in the proximal right thumb.

Job description
Lab tech
SOC code
29-2012 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
240
Total hours worked
294867
EIN
474802869
Establishment ID
450273
Employer case #
42747
Date of incident
Shift started
0:00:00.000
Time of incident
0:00:00.000
Submitted
19FEB24:20:50:00

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.