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OSHA Injury Report: Newport Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Newport Medical Center in 435 Second Street, Newport, TN 37821 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sterile Processing and Unit Secretary in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Newport Medical Center
Parent company
Tennova
Street
435 Second Street
City
Newport
State
TN
ZIP
37821
On-site location
sterile processing wash room

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

washing cleaning surgical eye instruments

What happened

EE was washing eye instruments in the sink in sterile processing department and one of the sharp eye instruments stuck through hand with 2 gloves while she was washing causing bleeding at the site.

Injury or illness

puncture to hand

Object or substance involved

eye instrument

Summary line

puncture to hand from sharp instrument

Employee and industry

Job description
Sterile Processing and Unit Secretary
SOC code
31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
319
Total hours worked
499258
Establishment ID
915965
Employer case #
20

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
9:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
15JAN24:18:13:00

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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.