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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 lab tech II 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
SLPH lab

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Employee was loading samples on the microbiology cart and cleaning disinfecting the cart wearing rubber gloves and a lab coat.

What happened

Employee cleaned the back edge of the cart and then noticed pain in right thumb. When they looked at their thumb they saw a gash in the rubber glove and blood running from the area.

Injury or illness

right thumb laceration

Object or substance involved

rough edge on metal microbiology cart

Summary line

right thumb laceration

Employee and industry

Job description
lab tech II
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 #
7

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
8:00:00.000
Submitted
21FEB24:15:29:00

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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.