North Bergen, NJ —
OSHA Injury Report: Palisades Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, NJ 7047 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sterile Processing Technician 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
- Central Sterile 2nd floor
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
TM states she was loading soiled instruments into an automated washer when she was stuck by a surgical scissor from the minor cardiovascular instrument set 2 The instrument was in a tray that had been soaking in cleanser
What happened
Team Member sustained a puncture to her left index finger while loading soiled instruments into automated washer
Injury or illness
Contact with exposure to potentially hazardous body fluid
Object or substance involved
surgical scissor
Summary line
Contact with exposure to potentially hazardous body fluid surgical scissor
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sterile Processing Technician
- SOC code
- 31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 1181
- Total hours worked
- 1771294
- EIN
- 221487576
- Establishment ID
- 1515056
- Employer case #
- 25-63032
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 19:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27FEB26:17:12:00
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.