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 registered Nurse 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 137B
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Administering a heparin injection.
What happened
After administering the injection the employee attempted to slide safety feature over the needle but it did not engage. Needle punctured the employee 's finger.
Injury or illness
Contaminated needlestick
Object or substance involved
Contaminated needle
Summary line
Contaminated needlestick
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Registered Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622310 — Physical rehabilitation hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 208
- Total hours worked
- 285126
- EIN
- 621178229
- Establishment ID
- 68288
- Employer case #
- 5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 8:45
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 24JAN2025:20:30:00
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.