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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
Emergency Room - Trauma 2

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Drawing a patient 's blood

What happened

While drawing the blood the patient became combative and began thrashing around the bed. This caused the needle to come out of the patient 's arm and stick the employee on the right middle finger.

Injury or illness

Needle stick to right middle finger

Object or substance involved

Butterfly

Summary line

Drawing blood patient become combative confused and the employee was stuck with a 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
2012
Avg employees
118
Total hours worked
183826
Establishment ID
815621
Employer case #
189

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
22:00
Time of incident
2:35
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20JAN26:21:39:00

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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.