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OSHA Injury Report: Cape Fear Valley Health System/Bladen County

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Cape Fear Valley Health System/Bladen County in 501 South Poplar Street, Elizabethtown, NC 28337 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Tech in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Cape Fear Valley Health System/Bladen County
Parent company
Cumberland County Hospital System, Inc.
Street
501 South Poplar Street
City
Elizabethtown
State
NC
ZIP
28337
On-site location
Bladen Hospital

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Putting a specimen into a jar of formalin

What happened

Employee alleges while putting a specimen into a jar of formalin the chemical splashed into her right eye.

Injury or illness

Formalin exposure to right eye

Object or substance involved

Formalin

Summary line

Foreign Body Eye(R)

Employee and industry

Job description
Surgical Tech
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
286
Total hours worked
440931
EIN
560845796
Establishment ID
556892
Employer case #
2023081270

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:50:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
20FEB24:16:10:00

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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.