Georgetown, TX —
OSHA Injury Report: St. David's Georgetown Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at St. David's Georgetown Hospital in Georgetown, TX 78626 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sterile Processing Technician in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- St. David's Georgetown Hospital
- Parent company
- HCA
- Street
- 2000 Scenic Drive
- City
- Georgetown
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 78626
- On-site location
- Central Sterile
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
taking the instruments out of the basket following drop off at decontamination
What happened
WHEN REMOVNG INSTRUMENTS FROM THE BASKET TO PUT INTO THE SINK THERE WAS A 11 BLADE LEFT ON A SCALPEL HANDLE. EMPLOYEE PIERCED HER FINGER WITH THE POINT OF THE BLADE. BLEEDING WAS PROFUSE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING APPOPROPRIATE PPE INCLUDING THICK GLOVES. BLADE PIECERED GLOVE. EMPLOYEE WASHED WOUND AND APPLIED PRESSURE.
Injury or illness
Contaminated Sharp FingerRing - Right 1st Joint
Object or substance involved
contaminated blade
Summary line
WHEN REMOVNG INSTRUMENTS FROM THE BASKET TO PUT INTO THE SINK THERE WAS A 11 BLADE LEFT ON A SCALPEL HANDLE. [REDACTED] PIERCED HER FINGER WITH THE POINT OF THE BLADE. BLEEDING WAS PROFUSE. [REDACTED] WAS WEARING APPOPROPRIATE PPE INCLUDING THICK GLOVES.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sterile Processing Technician
- SOC code
- 31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 652
- Total hours worked
- 916756
- EIN
- 742781812
- Establishment ID
- 1088559
- Employer case #
- V25067-53
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 9:50
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03FEB26:19:13:00
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.