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OSHA Injury Report: Unity Health Harris Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Unity Health Harris Hospital in 1205 McLain St., Newport, AR 72112 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lab Tech in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Unity Health Harris Hospital
Parent company
Unity Health
Street
1205 McLain St.
City
Newport
State
AR
ZIP
72112
On-site location
Station 3

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Performing a veni-puncture.

What happened

Associate performing a veni-puncture patient spit when they began talking and spit flew directly into associates ' mouth.

Injury or illness

body fluid exposure in the mouth.

Object or substance involved

patient 's spit

Summary line

Performing a venipuncture patient spin when talking spit flew into associate 's mouth.

Employee and industry

Job description
Lab Tech
SOC code
29-2012 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
212
Total hours worked
324658
EIN
710772737
Establishment ID
801899
Employer case #
9

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
18:45:00.000
Time of incident
4:30:00.000
Submitted
18JAN24:16:13:00

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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.