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OSHA Injury Report: DEX-BLUE RIDGE HOSPITAL

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at DEX-BLUE RIDGE HOSPITAL in Morganton, NC 28655 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN ICU in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.

Establishment
DEX-BLUE RIDGE HOSPITAL
Parent company
Cone Health
Street
2201 South Sterling Street
City
Morganton
State
NC
ZIP
28655
On-site location
DEXOperating Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Unknown

Pt MRN [REDACTED] with GI bleed and active hemoptysis coughed in employee [REDACTED] Wellborn RN face at roughly [REDACTED] on [REDACTED] RN not wearing a mask at the time of event no active precautions ordered House supervisors [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] as well as [REDACTED] made aware immediately Pt blood drawn [REDACTED] Wellborn blood drawn by phlebotomy in lab Sign put up on door to protectprevent repeat events from occurring with other teammates

Bloodborne ExposureBodily Fluid Infectious Waste 82Bodily FluidHeadPatient Care Biological

Patient coughed with active hemoptysis and GI bleed

Bloodborne ExposureBodily Fluid Infectious Waste 82Bodily FluidHeadPatient Care BiologicalHeadPatient coughed with active hemoptysis and GI bleed

Job description
RN ICU
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered 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 #
WC23560392
Date of incident
Time of incident
16:01:00.000
Submitted
08MAR24:00:22:00

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.