Houston, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: Texas Children's Hospital Main Campus
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Texas Children's Hospital Main Campus in 6621 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was morgue Technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Texas Children's Hospital Main Campus
- Parent company
- Texas Children's Hospital
- Street
- 6621 Fannin St
- City
- Houston
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77030
- On-site location
- Morgue
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Assisting with autopsy
What happened
EE was supporting the pathologist during an autopsy turned to attend to the dissection and on turning back he impaled his left thumb with the scalpel held in his right hand.
Injury or illness
Sharps Scalpel Other recordable cases
Object or substance involved
scalpel
Summary line
EE was supporting the pathologist during an autopsy turned to attend to the dissection and on turning back he impaled his left thumb with the scalpel held in his right hand.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Morgue Technician
- SOC code
- 29-2012: Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 8,700
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 15,390,353
- EIN
- 741100555
- Establishment ID
- 1433264
- Employer case #
- 540144
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:15
- Time of incident
- 13:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-21
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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