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
Employee was going to administer medications to patient
What happened
Employee administered [REDACTED] when patient jerked and inadvertently received a needlestick when needle fell on left ring finger before the safety device was activated.
Injury or illness
Employee sustained dirty needlestick to left ring finger.
Object or substance involved
Patient jerked as employee was administering medication and caused needlestick prior to safety being activated.
Summary line
After giving patient [REDACTED] patient jerked and was stuck with needle before activating the safety.
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 #
- 5890
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 09:00
- 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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