Silver Spring, MD —
OSHA Injury Report: Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring-HCH-MD
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring-HCH-MD in Silver Spring, MD 20910 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sterile Central Processing Technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring-HCH-MD
- Parent company
- Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring-HCH-MD
- Street
- 1500 Forest Glen Rd.
- City
- Silver Spring
- State
- MD
- ZIP
- 20910
- On-site location
- Employee s Own Department Or Work Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Cleaning instruments in the decontaminated area
What happened
EE reports retrieving an instrument tray and was stuck with a towel clip protruding from a ventilation hole resulting in a laceration to the left thumb from a contaminated object.
Injury or illness
Laceration or Amputation (Excludes Needlesticks or Punctures)
Object or substance involved
Contaminated Needle Stick or Other Contaminated Sharps
Summary line
The Instrument tray was at the top of the case which was above my shoulder As I was trying to take the tray down that is the time realized that I have stuck with a sharp object and when I look it was a towel clip
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sterile Central Processing Technician
- SOC code
- 31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 2760
- Total hours worked
- 4108144
- EIN
- 520738041
- Establishment ID
- 191281
- Employer case #
- 6417W0220
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 18FEB26:16:16:00
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.