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OSHA Injury Report: East Tennessee Children's Hospital

Other illness · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an other illness at East Tennessee Children's Hospital in 2018 Clinch Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was medical Lab Scientist in hospitals, general pediatric.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
East Tennessee Children's Hospital
Parent company
East Tennessee Children’s Hospital Association, Inc.
Street
2018 Clinch Ave
City
Knoxville
State
TN
ZIP
37916
On-site location
Lab

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Other illness (code 6)

Before the incident

Preparing to read microbiology cultures

What happened

While reading microbiology cultures the employee had an exposure to N Meningitis

Injury or illness

N A - Treatment involved prescription medication

Object or substance involved

N Meningitis from culture

Summary line

Exposure to [REDACTED] while reading cultures

Employee and industry

Job description
Medical Lab Scientist
SOC code
19-1042 — Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general pediatric
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1912
Total hours worked
2315606
EIN
626002604
Establishment ID
1426886
Employer case #
3611

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
10:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
12JAN26:19:58:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.