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OSHA Injury Report: 1117-Union West Hospital (1117)

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at 1117-Union West Hospital (1117) in 1000 Healing Way, Matthews, NC 28104 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse II NCPP in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
1117-Union West Hospital (1117)
Parent company
Atrium Health
Street
1000 Healing Way
City
Matthews
State
NC
ZIP
28104
On-site location
1117Emergency Department1000 Healing Way

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Unknown

What happened

I was straight sticking pt for labs on him As soon as I got enough blood for specimen I began pulling needle out and was about to press safety button pts hand twitched causing me fumble needle and scrape my R pointer finger on nailbed Nailbed started bleeding I immediately left room to wash hands and put bandaid on wound before returning to room to scan lab

Injury or illness

Bloodborne ExposureCut Punctured Scrape Injured By Object Being Lifted Or HandledPunctureFingersPatient Care Needle

Object or substance involved

Unknown

Summary line

Bloodborne ExposureCut Punctured Scrape Injured By Object Being Lifted Or HandledPunctureFingersPatient Care NeedleFingers

Employee and industry

Job description
Registered Nurse II NCPP
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
326
Total hours worked
614461
EIN
520529945
Establishment ID
1031209
Employer case #
WC23651225

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
0:16:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
08MAR24:19:13:00

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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.