Union City, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Baptist Memorial Hospital - Union City
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Union City in 1201 Bishop St, Union City, TN 38261 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was LPN in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Baptist Memorial Hospital - Union City
- Parent company
- Baptist Memorial Healthcare
- Street
- 1201 Bishop St
- City
- Union City
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 38261
- On-site location
- Surgery
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
assisting in surgery
What happened
The employee was recapping a needle during surgery. Surgeon had passed the needle with syringe back to the LPN to be used again shortly. She recapped instead of using the safety mechanism and placing a new needle on the syringe.
Injury or illness
needlestick
Object or substance involved
needle
Summary line
Needlestick to L thumb
Employee and industry
- Job description
- LPN
- SOC code
- 29-2061: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 340
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 555,524
- Establishment ID
- 1144582
- Employer case #
- 8
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-23
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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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