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OSHA Injury Report: HCA Florida Putnam Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at HCA Florida Putnam Hospital in Palatka, FL 32177 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sterile Processer in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
HCA Florida Putnam Hospital
Parent company
HCA Healthcare
Street
611 Zeagler Dr
City
Palatka
State
FL
ZIP
32177
On-site location
sterile processing room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

sterile processing

While removing Biological from low temperature sterilizer load the top became dislodged and employee was exposed to sterilant from package

burn right index finger 2nd joint and thumb

sterilant

chemical burn to rt finger thumb

Job description
Sterile Processer
SOC code
31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
400
Total hours worked
516214
EIN
472762362
Establishment ID
839689
Employer case #
V26760-309
Date of incident
Shift started
7:30
Time of incident
11:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
18FEB2025:20:33:00

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.