Loxahatchee, FL —
OSHA Injury Report: Palms West Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Palms West Hospital in Loxahatchee, FL 33470 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Technologist in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Palms West Hospital
- Parent company
- HCA
- Street
- 13001 Southern Blvd
- City
- Loxahatchee
- State
- FL
- ZIP
- 33470
- On-site location
- Operating Suite (Invasive, Inpt.,Outpt.)
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Cleaning up after surgeon
What happened
Needle left under sheet
Injury or illness
Contaminated sharpImproper disposal of dirty needle
Object or substance involved
Contaminated sharp
Summary line
Needle left under sheet which pierced hand
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Technologist
- SOC code
- 29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 1081
- Total hours worked
- 17040844
- EIN
- 611250744
- Establishment ID
- 804219
- Employer case #
- V37940-22
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 13JAN26:17:38:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.