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OSHA Injury Report: Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in 3333 Silas Creek Pkwy., Winston-Salem, NC 27103 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Tech in general medical and surgical hospitals.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
Parent company
Novant Health, Inc.
Street
3333 Silas Creek Pkwy.
City
Winston-Salem
State
NC
ZIP
27103
On-site location
[OR]

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

working a case in [REDACTED]

What happened

Scrub tech stuck with a suture needle in Right hand during surgical procedure in [REDACTED]

Injury or illness

Scrub tech stuck with a suture needle in Right hand during surgical procedure in OR

Object or substance involved

needle

Summary line

Puncture Hand-Right Back

Employee and industry

Job description
Surgical Tech
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
4326
Total hours worked
6177586
EIN
560928089
Establishment ID
956308
Employer case #
WC2023-000

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
18:38:00.000
Time of incident
20:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
29MAR24:11:56:00

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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.