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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 autposy 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)

Using a scalpel to make a blind cut in pelvic region of decedent.

Wearing cut resistant gloves employee was making a blind cut and using scalpel #60. She moved her hand slightly and poked her left hand with the tip of the scalpel (held in the right).

The tip of the scalpel pierced the cut resistant gloves on the left middle finger. The skin was broken and no blood noted.

#60 scalpel

left middle finger pierced

Job description
autposy 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 #
2
Date of incident
Time of incident
13:40:00.000
Submitted
21FEB24:14:58:00

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.