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OSHA Injury Report: Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Lakeview

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Lakeview in 134 Heartland Dr, Elizabethtown, KY 42701 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rehab Nursing Tech in rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction).

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Lakeview
Parent company
Encompass Health
Street
134 Heartland Dr
City
Elizabethtown
State
KY
ZIP
42701
On-site location
Patient Room

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Cleaning patient room 202A

What happened

Patient had removed old insulin pump needle patch and placed on bedside table. Needle had been used and not capped. While cleaning patient 's room and bedside table employee grabbed the used insulin pump with right hand. Hand was gloved but needle punctured through glove and pierced 1st digit on right hand.

Injury or illness

Needle stick on 1st digit-right hand

Object or substance involved

Insulin pump needle patch

Summary line

[REDACTED] discarded used insulin needle on pump without capping. EE glove (1st digit right hand) punctured.

Employee and industry

Job description
Rehab Nursing Tech
SOC code
21-1015 — Rehabilitation Counselors
NAICS code
622310 — Rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
138
Total hours worked
162750
EIN
251573943
Establishment ID
941109
Employer case #
9

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
23:26:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
27FEB24:23:02:00

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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.