PULASKI, VA —
OSHA Injury Report: LEWISGALE HOSPITAL PULASKI
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at LEWISGALE HOSPITAL PULASKI in PULASKI, VA 24301 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was labTech in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- LEWISGALE HOSPITAL PULASKI
- Parent company
- HCA
- Street
- 2400 LEE HIGHWAY
- City
- PULASKI
- State
- VA
- ZIP
- 24301
- On-site location
- ED bed #2
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Drawing blood on a patient in ED bed 2
What happened
she was engaging the safety glide guard on the needle on her way to discard into the sharps container. She states the guard did not fully click into place and when she put the needle in the sharps bin the needle was poking out at the top of the guard and inadvertently stuck her in the left palm near her thumb. She admits to rushing.
Injury or illness
contaminated needlestick to left palm exposure to bloodborne pathogens
Object or substance involved
contaminated needle
Summary line
Contaminated needlestick to left palm
Employee and industry
- Job description
- LabTech
- SOC code
- 31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 338
- Total hours worked
- 495100
- EIN
- 540941129
- Establishment ID
- 906355
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 13:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 26JAN24:16:38:00
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.