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OSHA Injury Report: Baptist Health Medical Center - Van Buren

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Baptist Health Medical Center - Van Buren in 211 Crawford Memorial Drive, Van Buren, AR 72956 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN Specialty in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Baptist Health Medical Center - Van Buren
Parent company
Baptist Health
Street
211 Crawford Memorial Drive
City
Van Buren
State
AR
ZIP
72956
On-site location
Emergency Department

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Employee had just given a patient an injection.

What happened

Employee gave IM injection was attempting to close the safety device over the needle using the bed to push the safety device over the needle when the needle bounced forward and stuck in left forearm.

Injury or illness

Dirty needlestick.

Object or substance involved

Dirty hypodermic needle.

Summary line

Employee gave IM injection was attempting to close the safety device over the needle using the bed to push the safety device over the needle when the needle bounced forward and stuck in left forearm.

Employee and industry

Job description
RN Specialty
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
41
Total hours worked
84580
EIN
825426152
Establishment ID
503215
Employer case #
WF-2023-00

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
18:00:00.000
Time of incident
23:34:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
24JAN24:17:08:00

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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.