Houston, TX —
OSHA Injury Report: St. Joseph Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at St. Joseph Medical Center in Houston, TX 77002 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was physical Therapy Assistant in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- St. Joseph Medical Center
- Parent company
- St. Joseph Medical Center
- Street
- 1401 St. Joseph Parkway
- City
- Houston
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77002
- On-site location
- Medical/Surgical unit
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was assisting a patient from their hospital bed to a bedside recliner
What happened
While assisting the patient to the chair the patients chest tube line got caught on the bed and the tube became loose causing the patient bodily fluids to splash in the employee 's face.
Injury or illness
Bodily fluid exposure to face bilateral eyes
Object or substance involved
Patient bodily fluids
Summary line
Bodily fluid exposure No physical injury Bilateral eyes Patient
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Physical Therapy Assistant
- SOC code
- 31-2021 — Physical Therapist Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 829
- Total hours worked
- 753161
- EIN
- 994785298
- Establishment ID
- 1296904
- Employer case #
- 55195727
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 13:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 13MAR26:16:06:00
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.