Gaffney, SC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Apella - Cherokee Medical Center AHM
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Apella - Cherokee Medical Center AHM in 1530 N. Limestone St., Gaffney, SC 29340 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was clinical RN Ii in hospital.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Apella - Cherokee Medical Center AHM
- Parent company
- SPARTANBURG REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
- Street
- 1530 N. Limestone St.
- City
- Gaffney
- State
- SC
- ZIP
- 29340
- On-site location
- patient exam room EC
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
gave IM injection and was attempting to activate safety device
What happened
Missed plastic when closing safety and thumb went onto needle tip
Injury or illness
needle contaminated with blood stuck left thumb
Object or substance involved
needle
Summary line
[REDACTED] contaminated with blood stuck left thumb
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Clinical RN Ii
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospital
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 338
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 560,520
- EIN
- 814193950
- Establishment ID
- 1256427
- Employer case #
- EV20242921
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 17:28
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-09
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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