Palm Bay, FL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Palm Bay Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Palm Bay Hospital in 1425 Malabar Rd. NE, Palm Bay, FL 32907 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Tech in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Palm Bay Hospital
- Parent company
- Health First Inc
- Street
- 1425 Malabar Rd. NE
- City
- Palm Bay
- State
- FL
- ZIP
- 32907
- On-site location
- OR
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was assisting surgeon during a surgical procedure
What happened
EE assisting the surgeon took the used scalpel from the surgeon and it caught her gown. It punctured through the gown and went into her skin. The cut was shallow but it caused more than 3 drops of blood. Immediately she left the procedure and degowned. She used hand sanitizer and soap and water on the wound. A bandaid was then applied and the exposure help line was called.
Injury or illness
11 blade punctured skin of right forearm
Object or substance involved
11 blade scalpel
Summary line
11 blade punctured skin of right forearm
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Tech
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 769
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 1,225,641
- EIN
- 590624371
- Establishment ID
- 477810
- Employer case #
- NA-2024-20
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 15:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-10
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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, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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