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OSHA Injury Report: Lower Keys Medical Center

Other illness · Other recordable case

On , an other illness at Lower Keys Medical Center in Key West, FL 33040 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was patient Care Tech in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Lower Keys Medical Center
Parent company
Community Health Systems
Street
5900 College Road
City
Key West
State
FL
ZIP
33040
On-site location
Behavioral Health Unit
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Other illness (code 6)

Removing patient belongings from a hospital bag for intake of patient into psych department

Pulled out patient shoes that had a fishing hook embedded in them hook grazed R index finger

Sharps puncture- body fluid exposure- patient stated he uses the hook to pop blisters in his skin

Fish hook

Sharps puncture body fluid exposure to R index finger

Job description
Patient Care Tech
SOC code
31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
490
Total hours worked
982870
EIN
650905661
Establishment ID
1252883
Employer case #
20
Date of incident
Shift started
18:00
Time of incident
1:40
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20JAN26:18:46:00

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.