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OSHA Injury Report: Rutherford Regional Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Rutherford Regional Medical Center in Rutherfordton, NC 28139 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Rutherford Regional Medical Center
Parent company
Rutherford Regional Health System
Street
288 S. Ridgecrest Ave.
City
Rutherfordton
State
NC
ZIP
28139
On-site location
Emergency Department-Patient 's Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Trying to start an IV line for [REDACTED]

Contaminated needlestick left thumb when cleaning up supplies. Safety device was not completely activated

Blood-Borne pathogen exposure. Contaminated needlestick left thumb.

Contaminated needlestick

Exposure Thumb; Contaminated needlestick left thumb

Job description
RN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
352
Total hours worked
564702
EIN
464996175
Establishment ID
60571
Employer case #
K900025
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
14:35:00.000
Submitted
26JAN24:20:50:00

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.