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 2201 South Sterling Street, Morganton, NC 28655 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical technician 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
- DEXOperating Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Unknown
What happened
I was taking a used suture needle off a needle driver to place in a sharps container when the needle dislodged from the needle drive and stuck into my left ring finger I was wearing proper PPE shoe covers hair cover mask with attached shield and also double gloved for the procedures After the stick I removed my glove to see that the puncture spot was bleeding I then went to wash my finger with soap and hot water While I as washing my finger [REDACTED] the nurse called [REDACTED] to inform her of the incident
Injury or illness
Bloodborne ExposureCut Punctured Scrape Injured By Object Being Lifted Or HandledPunctureFingersPatient Care Needle
Object or substance involved
Suture needle
Summary line
Bloodborne ExposureCut Punctured Scrape Injured By Object Being Lifted Or HandledPunctureFingersPatient Care NeedleFingersSuture needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- SURGICAL TECHNICIAN
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 4,152
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 2,569,124
- EIN
- 520529945
- Establishment ID
- 1031190
- Employer case #
- WC23560855
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 08:45
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-08
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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