Texas Orthopedic Hospital/ 7401 S. Main St./Houston, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: Texas Orthopedic Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Texas Orthopedic Hospital in Texas Orthopedic Hospital/ 7401 S. Main St./Houston, Texas Orthopedic Hospital/ 7401 S. Main St./Houston, TX 77030 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Tech in orthopedic hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Texas Orthopedic Hospital
- Parent company
- Orthopedic Hospital LTD
- Street
- Texas Orthopedic Hospital/ 7401 S. Main St./Houston
- City
- Texas Orthopedic Hospital/ 7401 S. Main St./Houston
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77030
- On-site location
- OR
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Working in the OR
What happened
During surgery while the patient was still in the room Dr. was passing a suture needle back on to the mayo stand while at the same time I was reaching for something and I was stuck with a dirty needle on left ring finger.
Injury or illness
blood body fluid exposure; Contaminated Sharp; finger ring left 1st joint
Object or substance involved
needlestick
Summary line
Contaminated Sharp FingerRing - Left 1st Joint Suture needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Tech
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622310: Orthopedic hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 619
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 989,656
- EIN
- 760418502
- Establishment ID
- 1024996
- Employer case #
- 1993
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:45
- Time of incident
- 12:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-11
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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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