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OSHA Injury Report: LewisGale Hospital Pulaski

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at LewisGale Hospital Pulaski in 2400 LEE HIGHWAY, PUALSKI, VA 24301 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was oR Scrub Technician in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
LewisGale Hospital Pulaski
Parent company
HCA
Street
2400 LEE HIGHWAY
City
PUALSKI
State
VA
ZIP
24301
On-site location
Central Sterile

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Cleaning instruments from case

What happened

Washing the instrument wiping with rag and it slid and a sharp skin hook punctured

Injury or illness

Contaminated Sharp Surgical Hook

Object or substance involved

Surgical hook

Summary line

Contaminated Sharp Finger Thumb - Left 1st Joint tip

Employee and industry

Job description
OR Scrub Technician
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
228
Total hours worked
477543
EIN
540941129
Establishment ID
1260717
Employer case #
V34605-426

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:45
Time of incident
9:45
Filing year
2024
Submitted
23JAN2025:16:42:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.