Houston, TX —
OSHA Injury Report: Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center in Houston, TX 77030 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was medical Technologist in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center
- Parent company
- Memorial Hermann Health System
- Street
- 6411 Fannin
- City
- Houston
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77030
- On-site location
- DESK
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Inoculating patient samples into bacterial growth media.
What happened
I was working under the bio safety cabinet attempting to inoculate the patients sample into our nutrient broth. Once I was done I tried to twist the top back onto the tube and the glass tube broke and slashed my finger.
Injury or illness
Left Index Finger Avulsion. I was working under the bio safety cabinet attempting to inoculate the patients sample into our nutrient broth. Once I was done I tried to twist the top back onto the tube and the glass tube broke and slashed my finger.
Object or substance involved
glass vial
Summary line
Left Index Finger Avulsion
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Medical Technologist
- SOC code
- 29-2011 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 6131
- Total hours worked
- 12822024
- EIN
- 741152597
- Establishment ID
- 87721
- Employer case #
- 490-2024-0
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 9:53
- Time of incident
- 17:20
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 05FEB2025:21:24:00
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.