PULASKI, VA —
OSHA Injury Report: LEWISGALE HOSPITAL PULASKI
Other illness · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an other illness 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
- Medsurg room 109
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
Before the incident
taking care of patient that later tested positive for pertussis
What happened
Employee exposed to pertussis positive patient (109) on [REDACTED]. She wasn 't wearing a mask during her first few hours of encounters d t the patient not being a known positive until the testing resulted on [REDACTED] at [REDACTED]. Employee has pre-existing conditions such as asthma chrons and is on immunosuppressive therapy for such. Educated to wear a mask whenever a resp symptomatic patient is admitted out of an abundance of caution. Recommended PEP antibiotics called to employee 's pharmacy Radford Drug by hospitalist. Panel physicians to be signed [REDACTED] on her scheduled shift and declines any additional follow up at this time.
Injury or illness
exposure to pertussis with PEP treatment d t being immunocompromised
Object or substance involved
exposure to pertussis
Summary line
exposure to pertussis no conversion PEP tx
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 #
- 15
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 19:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 26JAN24:18:08:00
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.