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 rN SURGICAL SERVICES 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
While removing neuromonitoring needle from patient tissue post surgery stuck in right thumb with needle
Injury or illness
Bloodborne ExposureCut Punctured Scrape Injured By Object Being Lifted Or HandledPunctureThumbPatient Care Needle
Object or substance involved
Neuromonitoring needle
Summary line
Bloodborne ExposureCut Punctured Scrape Injured By Object Being Lifted Or HandledPunctureThumbPatient Care NeedleThumbNeuromonitoring needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN SURGICAL SERVICES
- 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 #
- WC23561198
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 9:25:00.000
- 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.