OSHA Injury Report: Texas Children's Hospital West Campus

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

ACL surgery graft harvest

What happened

ACL reconstruction surgery was being performed on patient . Quadriceps tendon was harvested successfully from patient by surgeon. Graft was taken by me to the back table to prepare for reimplantation after Arthrex tight rope device was sutured on o the end of the graft. In graft preparation suture with attached needle was passed through the graft multiple times to secure tightrope to the harvested tissue. On the final pass of tying the knot the needle attached to the end of the suture was passed through the graft tissue in order to bury the knot. Quad tendon grafts are tough and some effort was given to pass needle and inadvertently pricked my left index finger tip. I was double gloved. Immediately I let go of needle and graft and left it on the back table. I removed each glove and noted a small prick with blood present. I notified nurse circulator who initiated safety scoop coordinated source blood draw and necessary labs. She personally walked source blood labs to WC Lab on first flo

Injury or illness

Needlestick Contaminated Needle distal palmar end of left index finger

Object or substance involved

Suture needle from Arthrex Tightrope device

Summary line

Quad tendon grafts are tough and some effort was given to pass needle and inadvertently pricked my left index finger tip.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.