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 PRN 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
The nurse administered a subcutaneous injection to the patient and accidentally stuck herself in the finger when trying to deploy the safety House supervisor was notified Lab testing was done on both the patient and the nurse
Injury or illness
Bloodborne ExposureCut Punctured Scrape Injured By Object Being Lifted Or HandledPunctureFingersPatient Care Needle
Object or substance involved
Needlestick
Summary line
Bloodborne ExposureCut Punctured Scrape Injured By Object Being Lifted Or HandledPunctureFingersPatient Care NeedleFingersNeedlestick
Employee and industry
- Job description
- LPN Acute PRN
- 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 #
- WC23650125
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 7:00:00.000
- 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.