Fort Smith, AR —
OSHA Injury Report: Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith in Fort Smith, AR 72901 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN Traveler in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- 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 Gastro
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was performing blood draw on patient.
What happened
Employee was withdrawing the dirty butterfly needle from patient after performing blood draw patient abruptly moved arm causing the needle to pierce through the gloves and stick left index finger.
Injury or illness
Dirty needlestick.
Object or substance involved
Dirty butterfly needle.
Summary line
Employee was withdrawing the dirty butterfly needle from patient after performing blood draw patient abruptly moved arm causing the needle to pierce through the gloves and stick left index finger.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN Traveler
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 6:29:00.000
- Submitted
- 26JAN24:15:09:00
Source
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.