Hialeah, FL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Palmetto General Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Palmetto General Hospital in 2001 W 68th ST, Hialeah, FL 33016 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Palmetto General Hospital
- Parent company
- Healthcare Systems of America
- Street
- 2001 W 68th ST
- City
- Hialeah
- State
- FL
- ZIP
- 33016
- On-site location
- Wound Care Center
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Cleaning work station
What happened
It happened with last patient It seems that piece of scalpel broke and got stuck under a piece of gauze covering paper. When the employee picked it up they accidentally pricked the palmar side of right index finger
Injury or illness
Puncture
Object or substance involved
Scalpel
Summary line
Puncture wound with scalpel on right hand palmar
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Registered Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,427
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,273,962
- EIN
- 995002378
- Establishment ID
- 1419094
- Employer case #
- 16
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 08:55
- 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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