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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 phlebotomist 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
Surgery Recovery
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Exposed employee was drawing labs on a patient when they lift their knee bumping her hand and causing her to stick her left thumb with a butterfly needle

Exposed employee was drawing labs on a patient when they lift their knee bumping her hand and causing her to stick her left thumb butterfly needle

Contaminated Sharp

Exposed employee was drawing labs on a patient when they lift their knee bumping her hand and causing her to stick her left thumb butterfly needle 23 gauge

Exposed employee was drawing labs on a patient when they lift their knee bumping her hand and causing her to stick her left thumb butterfly needle

Job description
Phlebotomist
SOC code
31-9097 — Phlebotomists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1886
Total hours worked
2201460
Establishment ID
802409
Employer case #
S2023-0413
Date of incident
Shift started
20:00:00.000
Time of incident
5:00:00.000
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.