North Bergen, NJ ·
OSHA Injury Report: Palisades Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Palisades Medical Center in 7600 River Road, North Bergen, NJ 7047 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Palisades Medical Center
- Parent company
- HMH Hospitals Corporation
- Street
- 7600 River Road
- City
- North Bergen
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 7047
- On-site location
- OR Room 4
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Team Member was Circulating in the OR for a patient case
What happened
While transferring a supine patient from the OR stretcher to the the OR Bed into a prone position for surgery a neuromonitoring needle which was in the patient s leg fell out and punctured Team Member s ring middle finger
Injury or illness
Needlestick to right middle finger
Object or substance involved
Neuromonitoring Needle
Summary line
Needlestick to right middle finger Neuromonitoring Needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Registered Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,181
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,771,294
- EIN
- 221487576
- Establishment ID
- 1515056
- Employer case #
- 25-62872
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:40
- Time of incident
- 08:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-27
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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