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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 patient Care Tech RN Student 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 performing direct patient care.

Employee was performing direct patient care placed dirty needle and materials on foot of bed grabbed trash resulting in a stick to right hand when safety did not completely cover the bevel of the needle.

Dirty needlestick.

Dirty needle.

Employee was performing direct patient care placed dirty needle and materials on foot of bed grabbed trash resulting in a stick to right hand when safety did not completely cover the bevel of the needle.

Job description
Patient Care Tech RN Student
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
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:57:00.000
Submitted
26JAN24:15:37:00

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.