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OSHA Injury Report: Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith in Fort Smith, AR 72901 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN Med Surg in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith
Parent company
Baptist Health
Street
1001 Townson Avenue
City
Fort Smith
State
AR
ZIP
72901
On-site location
5th Floor Med Surg
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was preparing a blood sample for analysis.

Employee used a blunt needle to fill a vial with blood for lab draw went to recap the needle missed the cap accidentally scratching left index finger.

Dirty needlestick.

Dirty needle.

Employee used a blunt needle to fill a vial with blood for lab draw went to recap the needle missed the cap accidentally scratching left index finger.

Job description
RN Med Surg
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
988
Total hours worked
2056058
EIN
825426152
Establishment ID
503211
Employer case #
WF-2023-00
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
10:05:00.000
Submitted
26JAN24:13:34:00

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.