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 2501 Kentucky Ave, Paducah, KY 42003 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was physician 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
- Operating Room 14
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Exposed provider had made an incision with the scalpel and put the scalpel on table behind him and hit his left hand on the scalpel puncturing his left palm.
What happened
Exposed provider had made an incision with the scalpel and put the scalpel on table behind him and hit his left hand on the scalpel puncturing his left palm.
Injury or illness
Contaminated Sharp
Object or substance involved
Exposed provider had made an incision with the scalpel and put the scalpel on table behind him and hit his left hand on the scalpel puncturing his left palm with an 11 blade disposable scalpel.
Summary line
Exposed provider had made an incision with the scalpel and put the scalpel on table behind him and hit his left hand on the scalpel puncturing his left palm.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Physician
- SOC code
- 29-1229: Physicians, All Other
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 1,886
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 2,201,460
- Establishment ID
- 802409
- Employer case #
- S2023-0370
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:50
- Time of incident
- 11:50
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-20
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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