Wauchula, FL —
OSHA Injury Report: AdventHealth Wauchula
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at AdventHealth Wauchula in Wauchula, FL 33873 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was hE Sr Environmental Svcs Assoc.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- AdventHealth Wauchula
- Parent company
- Adventist Health System
- Street
- 735 South 5th Avenue
- City
- Wauchula
- State
- FL
- ZIP
- 33873
- On-site location
- Emergency Dept
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
emptying sharps container
What happened
While attempting to change the sharps container in ED room 9 there was a blue laceration sharp bin lodge in the top. I tried to remove it and was cut on the right pointer finger by a contaminated scalpel.
Injury or illness
Injuries Laceration Improper Placement in Sharps Container Fingers-Right 1 Index
Object or substance involved
scalpel
Summary line
While attempting to change the sharps container in ED room 9 there was a blue laceration sharp bin lodge in the top. I tried to remove it and was cut on the right pointer finger by a contaminated scalpel.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- HE Sr Environmental Svcs Assoc
- SOC code
- 00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 622110
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 138
- Total hours worked
- 224324
- EIN
- 590725553
- Establishment ID
- 62972
- Employer case #
- WCFLHW012
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 8:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27FEB26:23:02:00
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.