Morganton, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: DEX-BLUE RIDGE HOSPITAL
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at DEX-BLUE RIDGE HOSPITAL in Morganton, NC 28655 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lPN Acute Weekender in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- DEX-BLUE RIDGE HOSPITAL
- Parent company
- Cone Health
- Street
- 2201 South Sterling Street
- City
- Morganton
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28655
- On-site location
- DEXNursing Medical Surgical
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Unknown
What happened
Accidental needle stick Pt admitted for syncope positive for strep pharyngitis pmh of seizure disorder and HFrEF LPN gave scheduled lovenox to pt after administration LPN experienced accidental needle stick to the left thumb Needle did not vanish after pressing plunger down all the way
Injury or illness
Bloodborne ExposureCut Punctured Scrape Injured By Object Being Lifted Or HandledPunctureThumbPatient Care Needle
Object or substance involved
Needle
Summary line
Bloodborne ExposureCut Punctured Scrape Injured By Object Being Lifted Or HandledPunctureThumbPatient Care NeedleThumbNeedle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- LPN Acute Weekender
- SOC code
- 29-2061 — Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 4152
- Total hours worked
- 2569124
- EIN
- 520529945
- Establishment ID
- 1031190
- Employer case #
- WC23648185
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 22:02:00.000
- Submitted
- 08MAR24:00:22:00
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.