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 RN ICU WE 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
- DEX11L Surgical Trauma Int Care Unit
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Unknown
What happened
Administered patients [REDACTED] SQ in right arm and went to close the needle a nd to switch to administer patients Humalog to give SQ as well and didnt realize the tip was still exposed and punctured the first finger pad of my left hand
Injury or illness
Bloodborne ExposureCut Punctured Scrape Injured By Object Being Lifted Or HandledPunctureFingersPatient Care Needle
Object or substance involved
Needle for Lantus
Summary line
Bloodborne ExposureCut Punctured Scrape Injured By Object Being Lifted Or HandledPunctureFingersPatient Care NeedleFingersNeedle for Lantus
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN ICU WE
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- 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 #
- WC23561035
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 21:45
- 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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