Dyersburg, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital in 400 East Tickle St, Dyersburg, TN 38024 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was RN in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital
- Parent company
- West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital
- Street
- 400 East Tickle St
- City
- Dyersburg
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 38024
- On-site location
- 1 East
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Preparing to remove IV cathlon from patient due to infiltration
What happened
While the employee was removing [REDACTED] [REDACTED] she received a spray of fluid on right eye lashes. Did not see bloody fluid prior to removing.
Injury or illness
Bloodborne pathogen to the right eye.
Object or substance involved
IV Cathlon
Summary line
While removing IV cathlon from patient received spray to right eye
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 411
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 670,022
- EIN
- 421557536
- Establishment ID
- 659768
- Employer case #
- 5490
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 17:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-17
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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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