SPARKS, NV ·
OSHA Injury Report: 004 SPARKS FAMILY HOSPITAL, INC.-NORTHERN NEVADA MEDICAL CENTER
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at 004 SPARKS FAMILY HOSPITAL, INC.-NORTHERN NEVADA MEDICAL CENTER in 2375 E PRATER WAY, SPARKS, NV 89434 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lead tech OR in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Parent company
- Universal Health Services, Inc SPARKS FAMILY HOSPITAL, INC.-NORTHERN NEVADA MEDICAL CENTER
- Street
- 2375 E PRATER WAY
- City
- SPARKS
- State
- NV
- ZIP
- 89434
- On-site location
- OPERATING ROOM 6
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
ASSISTING IN SURGICAL PROCEDURE
What happened
EE WAS ASSITING IN A SURGICAL PROCEDURE AND HOLDING THE RETRACTOR FOR THE SURGEON WHEN THE SURGEON WAS SUTURING THE PATIENT AND ACCIDENTALLY STUCK THE EE IN HER LEFT RING FINGER. EE SUSTAINED A MINOR PUNCTURE TO LEFT RING FINGER. EE PERFORMED FIRST
Injury or illness
Puncture Left Finger(s) Needle stick SUTURING NEEDLE
Object or substance involved
SUTURING NEEDLE
Summary line
EE WAS ASSITING IN A SURGICAL PROCEDURE AND HOLDING THE RETRACTOR FOR THE SURGEON WHEN THE SURGEON WAS SUTURING THE PATIENT AND ACCIDENTALLY STUCK THE EE IN HER LEFT RING FINGER. EE SUSTAINED A MINOR PUNCTURE TO LEFT RING FINGER. EE PERFORMED FIRST
Employee and industry
- Job description
- LEAD TECH OR
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 794
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 2,075,907
- EIN
- 880159958
- Establishment ID
- 1128164
- Employer case #
- 79836
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 15:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-15
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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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