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OSHA Injury Report: Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in 20480 Market Street, Onancock, VA 23417 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was medical Technologist in general medical and surgical hospitals.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital
Parent company
Riverside Health System
Street
20480 Market Street
City
Onancock
State
VA
ZIP
23417
On-site location
Lab

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Working with lab sample

What happened

Patient culture plates red on benchtop. Organism (isolate) gram stain for ID. Both activities could potentially cause aerosois of Organism. Cultures and testing testing moved to BSL hood once potential threat suspected. Automatic gram stainer used. Possible exposure

Injury or illness

Lung - All over-systemic: Exposure Infectious

Object or substance involved

Tularemia

Summary line

Possible Tularemia exposure

Employee and industry

Job description
Medical Technologist
SOC code
29-2011 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
350
Total hours worked
510651
EIN
540560500
Establishment ID
693732
Employer case #
Y4HC09130

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:30
Time of incident
12:33
Filing year
2024
Submitted
27FEB2025:13:16:00

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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.