Houston, TX —
OSHA Injury Report: HCA HOUSTON MED CTR
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at HCA HOUSTON MED CTR in Houston, TX 77004 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN Emergency in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- HCA HOUSTON MED CTR
- Parent company
- HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center
- Street
- 1313 Hermann Drive
- City
- Houston
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77004
- On-site location
- Emergency Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Trying to draw blood from tube with syrine blunt needle
What happened
USING A BLUNT NEEDLE TO DRAW BLOOD OUT A GREEN TOP TO RUN A BNP ON EPOC MACHINE.AFTER OPENING TUBE TO DRAW BLOOD OUT THE GREEN TOP TUBE AFTER TAKING SYRING OUT OF TUBE I ACCIDENTLY TOUCHED MY LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WITH THE TIP OF THE BLUNT NEEDLE I SAW BLOOD ON THE GLOVE COVERING MY LEFT HAND NEAR THE NAIL BED OF MY LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. I TOOK THE GLOVE OFF AND SAW A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF BLOOD ON THE CUTICLE OF MY LEFT MIDDLE FINGER AFTER WASHING MY LEFT HAND AND FINGERS I SAW A SMALL AMOUNT OF BLOOD LEAKING FROM THE CUTICLE OF MY LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. I WASH MY HAND SEVERAL MORE TIMES THEN WIPED WITH ALCOHOL WIPES.
Injury or illness
Contaminated Sharp FingerMiddle - Left 1st Joint
Object or substance involved
Blunt needle
Summary line
I ACCIDENTLY TOUCHED MY LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WITH THE TIP OF THE BLUNT NEEDLE I SAW BLOOD ON THE GLOVE COVERING MY LEFT HAND NEAR THE NAIL BED OF MY LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN Emergency
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 832
- Total hours worked
- 1410057
- Establishment ID
- 1362850
- Employer case #
- V26925-86
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00
- Time of incident
- 20:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 06FEB26:17:13:00
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.