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OSHA Injury Report: West Tennessee Healthcare-Milan Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at West Tennessee Healthcare-Milan Hospital in 4039 Highland St., Milan, TN 38358 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lab technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
West Tennessee Healthcare-Milan Hospital
Parent company
West Tennessee Healthcare
Street
4039 Highland St.
City
Milan
State
TN
ZIP
38358
On-site location
4th Floor Patient Room

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Drawing blood on a patient in the patient 's room

What happened

The employee had drawn the patient 's blood using a butterfly needle. She engaged the safety and placed the sharp on her cart so that she could place a bandage over the puncture site. When she went to pick up the sharp she had not gotten the safety fully engaged and it punctured her right ring finger.

Injury or illness

puncture wound to right ring finger.

Object or substance involved

Butterfly needle

Summary line

Right ring finger was punctured with butterfly needle

Employee and industry

Job description
Lab technician
SOC code
29-2012 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
120
Total hours worked
178094
Establishment ID
815621
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
22:00:00.000
Time of incident
5:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
06FEB24:17:00:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.