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OSHA Injury Report: Tanner Medical Center/East Alabama

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Tanner Medical Center/East Alabama in 1032 Main Street South, Wedowee, AL 36278 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was phlebotomist in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Tanner Medical Center/East Alabama
Street
1032 Main Street South
City
Wedowee
State
AL
ZIP
36278
On-site location
Med Surg Room

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Drawing labs on a patient.

What happened

When withdrawing the needle from the patient employee stuck finger with used needle while closing safety.

Injury or illness

percutaneous exposure.

Object or substance involved

21g Needle.

Summary line

Employee stuck finger with a used needle.

Employee and industry

Job description
Phlebotomist
SOC code
31-9097 — Phlebotomists
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
121
Total hours worked
253242
Establishment ID
1087713
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
8:15:00.000
Submitted
29JAN24:19:41:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.