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OSHA Injury Report: NC Department of Public Health DHS

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at NC Department of Public Health DHS in Raleigh, NC 27609 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was autopsy tech in environmental health program administration.

Establishment
NC Department of Public Health DHS
Parent company
DHHS
Street
5605 Six Forks Rd
City
Raleigh
State
NC
ZIP
27609
On-site location
OCME autopsy suite
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was performing a complete bladder dissection on a decedent. During the blind step they are required to feel the anterior portion of the bladder with the non cutting hand and use the cutting hand with the scalpel to make the cut.

The employee was using a #22 piercing scalpel to make the incision and was wearing protective nitrile cut-resistant gloves. These gloves are cut resistant bit not puncture resistant and the scalpel used pierced the gloves during the procedure.

The employee was using a #22 piercing scalpel to make the incision and was wearing protective nitrile cut-resistant gloves. These gloves are cut resistant bit not puncture resistant and the scalpel used pierced the gloves during the procedure.

#22 scalpel

left index finger pierced

Job description
autopsy tech
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
923120 — Environmental health program administration
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1655
Total hours worked
3529760
Establishment ID
1144414
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Time of incident
10:30:00.000
Submitted
21FEB24:14:55:00

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.