Paducah, KY —
OSHA Injury Report: Baptist Health Paducah Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
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.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Contaminated Sharp
Object or substance involved
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.
Summary line
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 and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 8:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 20FEB24:18:48:00
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.