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OSHA Injury Report: Holston Valley Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Holston Valley Medical Center in 130 West Ravine Road, Kingsport, TN 37660 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was certified Sterile Processing Tech in general medical and surgical hospitals.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Holston Valley Medical Center
Parent company
Ballad Health
Street
130 West Ravine Road
City
Kingsport
State
TN
ZIP
37660
On-site location
Decontamination in Sterile Processing

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Team member stated I was getting instrument out of dirty case cart.

What happened

Team member stated Basin bowl with dirty sharps instruments was on top of case cart not visible. Team member grabbed the basin with hands at [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] and the probe pointer stuck left hand at the bottom of thumb.

Injury or illness

Puncture - left hand

Object or substance involved

Mako Strike probe

Summary line

Puncture; left hand; Maki Strike probe

Employee and industry

Job description
Certified Sterile Processing Tech
SOC code
31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1307
Total hours worked
2263520
Establishment ID
51550
Employer case #
1830_1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
13:57
Filing year
2025
Submitted
23FEB26:18:40:00

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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.