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OSHA Injury Report: Kent General Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Kent General Hospital in 640 S. State St., Dover, DE 19901 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was patient Care RN in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Kent General Hospital
Parent company
Bayhealth
Street
640 S. State St.
City
Dover
State
DE
ZIP
19901
On-site location
ER

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Drawing patient 's blood

What happened

Upon withdrawing needle from patient 's arm employee attempted to activate safety device and missed bumping employee 's L thumb.

Injury or illness

Needlestick puncture to L thumb

Object or substance involved

Needle

Summary line

Needlestick puncture to L thumb

Employee and industry

Job description
Patient Care RN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
3664
Total hours worked
5494543
EIN
510064318
Establishment ID
1090716
Employer case #
K-24-484

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
13:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
31JAN2025:13:46:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.