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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 resp Care Therapist 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
Emergency Room 20
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Administering a breathing treatment

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.

Contaminated Sharp

Butterfly needle

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.

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
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:00:00.000
Submitted
20FEB24:18:55:00

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.