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OSHA Injury Report: LEWISGALE HOSPITAL PULASKI

Other illness · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an other illness at LEWISGALE HOSPITAL PULASKI in 2400 LEE HIGHWAY, PULASKI, VA 24301 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse in general medical and surgical hospitals.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL PULASKI
Parent company
HCA
Street
2400 LEE HIGHWAY
City
PULASKI
State
VA
ZIP
24301
On-site location
Medsurg room 109

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Other illness (code 6)

Before the incident

taking care of patient that later tested positive for pertussis

What happened

Employee exposed to pertussis positive patient (109) on [REDACTED]. She wasn 't wearing a mask during her first few hours of encounters d t the patient not being a known positive until the testing resulted on [REDACTED] at [REDACTED]. Employee has pre-existing conditions such as asthma chrons and is on immunosuppressive therapy for such. Educated to wear a mask whenever a resp symptomatic patient is admitted out of an abundance of caution. Recommended PEP antibiotics called to employee 's pharmacy Radford Drug by hospitalist. Panel physicians to be signed [REDACTED] on her scheduled shift and declines any additional follow up at this time.

Injury or illness

exposure to pertussis with PEP treatment d t being immunocompromised

Object or substance involved

exposure to pertussis

Summary line

exposure to pertussis no conversion PEP tx

Employee and industry

Job description
Registered Nurse
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
338
Total hours worked
495100
EIN
540941129
Establishment ID
906355
Employer case #
15

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
19:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
26JAN24:18:08:00

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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.