San Antonio, TX —
OSHA Injury Report: South Texas Spine & Surgical Hospital
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at South Texas Spine & Surgical Hospital in San Antonio, TX 78258 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was certified Surgical Technologist in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- South Texas Spine & Surgical Hospital
- Parent company
- South Texas Spine & Surgical Hospital
- Street
- 18600 N. Hardy Oak Blvd
- City
- San Antonio
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 78258
- On-site location
- Operating room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 2
Before the incident
Employee was scrubbed into a surgical procedure when he was removing the femoral head from the corkscrew surgical instrument when it punctured the palm of his hand.
What happened
Employee was scrubbed into a surgical procedure when he was removing the femoral head from the corkscrew surgical instrument when it punctured the palm of his hand.
Injury or illness
Puncture to palm of hand with contaminated sharp instrumentation.
Object or substance involved
The corkscrew instrument.
Summary line
Puncture to right hand with contaminated sharp surgical instrumentation.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Certified Surgical Technologist
- SOC code
- 29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 192
- Total hours worked
- 173238
- EIN
- 364412922
- Establishment ID
- 949344
- Employer case #
- 1000003
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30:00.000
- Time of incident
- 14:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 14FEB24:17:07:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.