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
- Emergency Room 8
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Was attempting to stabilize an IV site that her preceptor had initiated.
What happened
the needle was pulled out of the cathlon and blood was coming out of the cathlon blood was on the employee 's gloved hand then employee touched mouth face teeth with bloody gloved hand.
Injury or illness
Bloodborne pathogen exposure to employees mucous membranes.
Object or substance involved
The employee 's gloved hand.
Summary line
While starting IV blood was running out of cathlon got on gloved hand employee then touched face.
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 #
- 5536
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 15:00
- 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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