Gastonia, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Gaston Memorial Hospital, Incorporated d/b/a CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Incorporated d/b/a CaroMont Regional Medical Center in 2525 Court Drive, Gastonia, NC 28054 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was certified surgical technician in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Parent company
- CaroMont Health, Inc.
- Street
- 2525 Court Drive
- City
- Gastonia
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28054
- On-site location
- operating room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
assisting during surgery
What happened
she leaned over the patient and was stuck by a contaminated bovie needle in her abdomen
Injury or illness
contaminated needlestick injury
Object or substance involved
bovie needle and blood
Summary line
contaminated needlestick to abdomen after leaning over a patient during surgery
Employee and industry
- Job description
- certified surgical technician
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 3,212
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 5,778,109
- EIN
- 560619359
- Establishment ID
- 590721
- Employer case #
- 459
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:45
- Time of incident
- 07:50
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-21
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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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