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OSHA Injury Report: Methodist Hospital Westover Hills

Other illness · Other recordable case

On , an other illness at Methodist Hospital Westover Hills in San Antonio, TX 78251 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was resident II RN Critical Care in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Methodist Hospital Westover Hills
Street
5106 W 1604
City
San Antonio
State
TX
ZIP
78251
On-site location
Intensive Care Unit Burn, CCU, ICU
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Other illness (code 6)

throwing away trash

the needle was accidentally not closed all the way and nurse went to discard the needle in the sharps container thus sticking herself in the finger.

Contaminated Sharp FingerRing - Right 1st Joint

Kawasumi needle

the needle was accidentally not closed all the way and nurse went to discard the needle in the sharps container thus sticking herself in the finger.

Job description
Resident II RN Critical Care
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
431
Total hours worked
665672
EIN
742730328
Establishment ID
1427007
Employer case #
V26740-77
Date of incident
Shift started
18:45
Time of incident
4:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20JAN26:20:00:00

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.