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 resp Care Therapist 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
- Emergency Room 20
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Administering a breathing treatment
What happened
A student nurse was sticking patient and employee was helping to administer breathing treatment. The source patient jerked and pulled arm up and the needle hit employee 's left index finger. Punctured through her glove.
Injury or illness
Contaminated Sharp
Object or substance involved
Butterfly needle
Summary line
A student nurse was sticking patient and employee was helping to administer breathing treatment. The source patient jerked and pulled arm up and the needle hit employee 's left index finger. Punctured through her glove.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Resp Care Therapist
- SOC code
- 29-1129 — Therapists, All Other
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 1886
- Total hours worked
- 2201460
- Establishment ID
- 802409
- Employer case #
- S2023-0456
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 10:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 20FEB24:18:55:00
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.