OSHA Injury Report: AdventHealth Heart of Florida

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

placed on the lap of the patient when the doctor passed the unprotected needle facing me without looking.

What happened

I went to reach for a raytec placed on the lap of the patient when the doctor passed the unprotected needle facing me without looking. To be specific he was directing the x-ray tech to where he wanted the machine while passing the unprotected spinal needle which had been used to draw patient 's blood and pocked my hand. I proceeded to discard the spinal needle scrub out squeeze the blood out of the wound clean and put alcohol on the wound then putting pressure until the bleeding stopped.

Injury or illness

Injuries Exp-Blood-Body Fluid Exposure to Body Fluid Hand-Right

Object or substance involved

spinal needle

Summary line

I went to reach for a raytec placed on the lap of the patient when the doctor passed the unprotected needle (facing me) without looking. To be specific he was directing the x-ray tech to where he wanted the machine while passing the unprotected spinal ne

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.