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 laboratory Technician 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
- MedSurg room 122
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Disposing of contaminated butterfly needle
What happened
employee was disposing of contaminated butterfly needle she had not fully engaged the safety sheath and when she grabbed the needle off the tabletop it poked her in right index finger. The needle was small gauge- 25g butterfly needle. She washed the area and put bandaid on. She and source patient tested for HBV HCV and HIV. all results are negative and source patient low risk. Employee did have immunity to HBV and up to date on Tetanus vaccine. No additional follow up required at this time. Employee aware of all results.
Injury or illness
contaminated needlestick exposure to bloodborne pathogens
Object or substance involved
contaminated needle
Summary line
contaminated needlestick to right index finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Laboratory Technician
- SOC code
- 29-2012 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
- 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 #
- 9
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 9:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 12:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 26JAN24:17:38:00
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.