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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 physician 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
OR Room 11

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Operating on patient - transferring scalpel to other hand

What happened

Team member reported was transferring a contaminated scalpel blade to her nondominant hand when she cut her right palm. Team member did not activate the safety mechanism on the scalpel blade immediately after use.

Injury or illness

Contaminated cut - palm of right hand

Object or substance involved

Contaminated scalpel blade

Summary line

Contaminated cut; right hand; contaminated scalpel blade

Employee and industry

Job description
Physician
SOC code
29-1229 — Physicians, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1307
Total hours worked
2263520
Establishment ID
51550
Employer case #
1856_1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
1:00
Time of incident
11:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
25FEB26:15:39:00

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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.