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OSHA Injury Report: NC Department of Public Health DHS

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at NC Department of Public Health DHS in 5605 Six Forks Rd, Raleigh, NC 27609 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was autopsy tech in environmental health program administration.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
NC Department of Public Health DHS
Parent company
DHHS
Street
5605 Six Forks Rd
City
Raleigh
State
NC
ZIP
27609
On-site location
OCME autopsy suite

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Employee was performing a complete bladder dissection on a decedent. During the blind step they are required to feel the anterior portion of the bladder with the non cutting hand and use the cutting hand with the scalpel to make the cut.

What happened

The employee was using a #22 piercing scalpel to make the incision and was wearing protective nitrile cut-resistant gloves. These gloves are cut resistant bit not puncture resistant and the scalpel used pierced the gloves during the procedure.

Injury or illness

The employee was using a #22 piercing scalpel to make the incision and was wearing protective nitrile cut-resistant gloves. These gloves are cut resistant bit not puncture resistant and the scalpel used pierced the gloves during the procedure.

Object or substance involved

#22 scalpel

Summary line

left index finger pierced

Employee and industry

Job description
autopsy tech
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
923120 — Environmental health program administration
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1655
Total hours worked
3529760
Establishment ID
1144414
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
10:30:00.000
Submitted
21FEB24:14:55:00

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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.