Melbourne, FL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Viera Hospital Inc
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Viera Hospital Inc in 8745 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne, FL 32940 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was RN in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Viera Hospital Inc
- Parent company
- Health First Inc
- Street
- 8745 N. Wickham Road
- City
- Melbourne
- State
- FL
- ZIP
- 32940
- On-site location
- ER
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Starting a peripheral IV line.
What happened
I was starting an IV line on a patient and she jerked her arm as I was starting to advance the needle. It caused my arm to jerk pulling the needle out and the tip of the needle swiped my opposite index finger cutting it superficially.
Injury or illness
Starting IV pt jerked pulling the needle out and the tip of the needle swiped my opposite index finger (right) cutting it superficially.
Object or substance involved
needle
Summary line
Starting IV pt jerked pulling the needle out and the tip of the needle swiped my opposite index finger (right) cutting it superficially.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 622
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 973,036
- EIN
- 264019868
- Establishment ID
- 477955
- Employer case #
- NA-2023-13
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 09:00
- Time of incident
- 11:46
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-14
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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