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OSHA Injury Report: O'Bleness Memorial Hospital

Poisoning · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , a poisoning at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital in 55 Hospital Drive, Athens, OH 45701 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was environmental Services Associate in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
Parent company
OhioHealth Corporation
Street
55 Hospital Drive
City
Athens
State
OH
ZIP
45701
On-site location
O'BLENESS HOSPITAL

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Poisoning (code 4)

Before the incident

Associate collected trash.

What happened

Putting the trash in the dumpster and was poked with a sharp end.

Injury or illness

Needlestick

Object or substance involved

Stuck by

Summary line

Throwing trash away in the dumpter and got poked with a sharp object

Employee and industry

Job description
Environmental Services Associate
SOC code
37-2019 — Building Cleaning Workers, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
749
Total hours worked
980821
EIN
314394942
Establishment ID
696305
Employer case #
196230484-

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
8:15
Filing year
2024
Submitted
18FEB2025:19:21:00

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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.