Darby, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital-MHS-PA
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital-MHS-PA in Darby, PA 190231200 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was nurse RN LPN LVN in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital-MHS-PA
- Parent company
- Mercy Health System of Southeastern
- Street
- 1500 Lansdowne Avenue
- City
- Darby
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 190231200
- On-site location
- Patient Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
changing patient
What happened
Puncture to left second finger from pushing down trash in can and coming in contact with a contaminated scalpel.
Injury or illness
Puncture Including Human Animal Insect Bite Sting Needlesticks
Object or substance involved
Contaminated Needle Stick or Other Contaminated Sharps
Summary line
was putting trash into trash can and pushed the trash down further into the bin and got cut with a used bloody scalpel that a doctor put into the trash instead of the sharps disposal container after putting in a central line into the patient
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Nurse RN LPN LVN
- SOC code
- 29-2061 — Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 1019
- Total hours worked
- 1576273
- EIN
- 231352191
- Establishment ID
- 194607
- Employer case #
- PA02W2519
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 21:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 20FEB26:19:01:00
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.