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OSHA Injury Report: LewisGale Hospital Montgomery

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at LewisGale Hospital Montgomery in 3700 South Main street, Blacksburg, VA 24060 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN PACU.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
LewisGale Hospital Montgomery
Parent company
HCA
Street
3700 South Main street
City
Blacksburg
State
VA
ZIP
24060
On-site location
Operating Suite Invasive, Inpt.,Outpt.

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

removing port

What happened

NURSE ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS PORT FOR A SECOND TIME. PTS PORT WOULDN 'T FLUSH DESPITEBE ABLE TO ADVANCE IN ACCESS AREA. WHEN PULLING OUT THE NEEDLE TO DISCARD THE NEEDLE THE NURSE POKED THUMB

Injury or illness

Contaminated Sharp FingerThumb - Left 1st Joint Tip

Object or substance involved

Removing needle did a rebound and stuck thumb

Summary line

NURSE ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS PORT FOR A SECOND TIME. PTS PORT WOULDN 'T FLUSH DESPITEBE ABLE TO ADVANCE IN ACCESS AREA. WHEN PULLING OUT THE NEEDLE TO DISCARD THE NEEDLE THE NURSE POKED THUMB

Employee and industry

Job description
RN PACU
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
411
Total hours worked
857629
Establishment ID
1255436
Employer case #
V34610-36

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
10:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
09FEB26:16:45:00

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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.