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 registered Nurse 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 #1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Finishing drawing blood from port on patient
What happened
EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED DRAWING BLOOD FROM PORT ON PATIENT ENGAGED SAFETY DEVICE BY PUSHING DOWN ON PATIENTS SKIN SURFACE AND PULLING UP ON NEEDLE TO EXTRACT AND THEN WENT TO DISPOSE OF CONTAMINATED NEEDLE INTO SHARPS BIN WHEN THE NEEDLE APPARENTLY STUCK HER RIGHT INDEX FINGER D T THE SAFETY DEVICE NOT ENGAGING. FINGER WAS WASHED WITH SOAP AND WATER SEEN THROUGH ED FOR LABWORK SOURCE PATIENT NEGATIVE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. EMPLOYEE LABWORK ALSO NEGATIE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED].
Injury or illness
contaminated needlestick bloodborne pathogen exposure
Object or substance involved
contaminated needle
Summary line
contaminated needlestick right index finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Registered Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- 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 #
- 11
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:46:00.000
- Time of incident
- 9:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 26JAN24:17:53:00
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.