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OSHA Injury Report: Baptist Hospital Louisville

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Baptist Hospital Louisville in 4000 Kresge Way, Louisville, KY 40207 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was medical Technologist in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Baptist Hospital Louisville
Parent company
Baptist Healthcare System Inc
Street
4000 Kresge Way
City
Louisville
State
KY
ZIP
40207
On-site location
lab in chemistry department.

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

She was in lab working in the chemistry department. She had already spun the blood down to serum and while she was putting the open tube on the rack her hand slipped and the tube splashed serum on her dry cracked upper lip and right forearm. She states she is not concerned with the right forearm because the skin is intact.

What happened

She was in lab working in the chemistry department. She had already spun the blood down to serum and while she was putting the open tube on the rack her hand slipped and the tube splashed serum on her dry cracked upper lip and right forearm. She states she is not concerned with the right forearm because the skin is intact.

Injury or illness

Exposure-BBP to intake Skin ( Splash) Lip - Upper splash of serum to upper lip

Object or substance involved

Serum drop to upper lip

Summary line

in lab working in the chemistry department. while she was putting the open tube on the rack her hand slipped and the tube splashed serum on her dry cracked upper lip and right forearm.

Employee and industry

Job description
Medical Technologist
SOC code
29-2011 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
3665
Total hours worked
4482073
EIN
610444707
Establishment ID
562490
Employer case #
S2023-0326

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
13:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
21FEB24:16:39:00

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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.