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OSHA Injury Report: Paul E. Patton Eastern Kentucky Veterans Center

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Paul E. Patton Eastern Kentucky Veterans Center in 200 Veterans Drive, Hazard, KY 41701 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was mechanical Maintenance and Operations Techn II in nursing homes.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Paul E. Patton Eastern Kentucky Veterans Center
Parent company
Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs
Street
200 Veterans Drive
City
Hazard
State
KY
ZIP
41701
On-site location
Mechanical Room

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Putting panel back on breaker box.

What happened

Employee placed panel back on breaker box. Co-workers announced that they were turning power back on from the boiler room. Employee announced all clear and placed his hands on head which stepping back away from the breaker box. When employee stepped back his hand hit an a c hanging bracket resulting in a laceration to the top of his thumb on his right hand.

Injury or illness

laceration to thumb on right hand.

Object or substance involved

A C bracket.

Summary line

Hand hit hanging bracket resulting in laceration.

Employee and industry

Job description
Mechanical Maintenance and Operations Techn II
SOC code
49-9071 — Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
NAICS code
623110 — Nursing homes
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
157
Total hours worked
277179
EIN
610600439
Establishment ID
433664
Employer case #
6

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:04:00.000
Time of incident
10:00:00.000
Submitted
19FEB24:18:33:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.