Erwin, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Ballad Health-Unicoi County Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Ballad Health-Unicoi County Hospital in 2030 Temple Hill Rd, Erwin, TN 37650 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was telemetry Tech in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Ballad Health-Unicoi County Hospital
- Parent company
- Unicoi County Hospital
- Street
- 2030 Temple Hill Rd
- City
- Erwin
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37650
- On-site location
- ED Exam Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Assisting another Team Member with repositioning a patient in bed and obtaining lab specimen.
What happened
RN obtained lab specimen from patient and failed to engage safety device on butterfly needle. RN handed device to Telemetry tech with no safety engaged and needlestick injury occurred.
Injury or illness
Needlestick Injury to right ring finger.
Object or substance involved
Blood from patient.
Summary line
Needlestick to right ring finger from butterfly needle.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Telemetry Tech
- SOC code
- 29-2034: Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 77
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 127,079
- EIN
- 620476282
- Establishment ID
- 932330
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:30
- Time of incident
- 02:58
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-25
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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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