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OSHA Injury Report: East Tennessee Children's Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at East Tennessee Children's Hospital in 2018 Clinch Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was physician 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
Operating Room

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Operating on a patient

What happened

Stuck himself with dirty suture needle

Injury or illness

Dirty needle stick to employee 's left ring finger

Object or substance involved

Dirty suture needle

Summary line

Dirty suture needle stick on left ring finger

Employee and industry

Job description
Physician
SOC code
29-1229 — Physicians, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general pediatric
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1912
Total hours worked
2315606
EIN
626002604
Establishment ID
1426886
Employer case #
4329

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
16:50
Filing year
2025
Submitted
12JAN26:20:33:00

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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.