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OSHA Injury Report: The Forum at Brookside

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at The Forum at Brookside in 200 Brookside Drive, Louisville, KY 40243 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was housekeeper in retirement communities, continuing care.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
The Forum at Brookside
Parent company
FIVE STAR SENIOR LIVING
Street
200 Brookside Drive
City
Louisville
State
KY
ZIP
40243
On-site location
Resident Apartment - 237 C

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Employee was in resident 's apartment cleaning sweeping in the kitchen.

What happened

Employee was sweeping in resident 's kitchen when she noticed something blue behind resident 's trash can. Employee swept the item onto carpeted area to vacuum up the item. When the piece looked too big to vacuum up employee picked it up off the ground not realizing it was actually a needle. The needle stuck into employee 's left index finger and began to bleed.

Injury or illness

Needlestick bleeding in left index finger.

Object or substance involved

Needle

Summary line

Needlestick to left index finger

Employee and industry

Job description
Housekeeper
SOC code
37-2012 — Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
NAICS code
623311 — Retirement communities, continuing care
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
152
Total hours worked
150554
EIN
842947330
Establishment ID
1003247
Employer case #
62623

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:30:00.000
Time of incident
10:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
22FEB24:16:19:00

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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.