Chattanooga, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Chattanooga
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Chattanooga in Chattanooga, TN 37404 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was eVS Aide in physical rehabilitation hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Chattanooga
- Parent company
- Encompass Health
- Street
- 2412 McCallie Avenue
- City
- Chattanooga
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37404
- On-site location
- Nursing Unit - Room 128
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Pulling trash from the patient rooms.
What happened
Employee was stuck by a needle placed improperly in the trashcan.
Injury or illness
Contaminated needlestick
Object or substance involved
Contaminated needle
Summary line
Contaminated needlestick
Employee and industry
- Job description
- EVS Aide
- SOC code
- 31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622310 — Physical rehabilitation hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 208
- Total hours worked
- 285126
- EIN
- 621178229
- Establishment ID
- 68288
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 8:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 24JAN2025:20:26:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.