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OSHA Injury Report: Baptist Health Paducah Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Baptist Health Paducah Hospital in Paducah, KY 42003 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Baptist Health Paducah Hospital
Parent company
Baptist Health Systems
Street
2501 Kentucky Ave
City
Paducah
State
KY
ZIP
42003
On-site location
3C Room 383
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was recapping a contaminated needle that did not have a safety cap by putting the needle back inside the cap when the needle came through the cap and stuck her left thumb.

Employee was recapping a contaminated needle that did not have a safety cap by putting the needle back inside the cap when the needle came through the cap and stuck her left thumb.

Contaminated Sharp

Employee was recapping a contaminated needle that did not have a safety cap by putting the needle back inside the cap when the needle came through the cap and stuck her left thumb.

Employee was recapping a contaminated needle that did not have a safety cap by putting the needle back inside the cap when the needle came through the cap and stuck her left thumb.

Job description
RN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1886
Total hours worked
2201460
Establishment ID
802409
Employer case #
S2023-0210
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:00:00.000
Submitted
20FEB24:18:48:00

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.