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OSHA Injury Report: Tippah County Hospital

Other illness · Other recordable case

On , an other illness at Tippah County Hospital in Ripley, MS 38663 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was housekeeper in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Tippah County Hospital
Parent company
Tippah County Hospital
Street
1005 City Avenue North
City
Ripley
State
MS
ZIP
38663
On-site location
Emergency Room Infusion Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Other illness (code 6)

Cleaning room and there was a paper towel in sharps container.

Reached for the paper towel and there was a needle wrapped in the paper towel that stuck finger

needle sick to finger

needle

Needle Stick on Right finger

Job description
Housekeeper
SOC code
37-2012 — Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
215
Total hours worked
300000
EIN
646001350
Establishment ID
270900
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
7:10:00.000
Submitted
26FEB24:20:14:00

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.