MCALLEN, TX —
OSHA Injury Report: 026 MCALLEN HOSPITALS, L.P.-MCALLEN MEDICAL CENTER
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at 026 MCALLEN HOSPITALS, L.P.-MCALLEN MEDICAL CENTER in MCALLEN, TX 78503 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- 026 MCALLEN HOSPITALS, L.P.-MCALLEN MEDICAL CENTER
- Parent company
- Universal Health Services, Inc MCALLEN HOSPITALS, L.P.-MCALLEN MEDICAL CENTER
- Street
- 301 WEST EXPRESSWAY 83
- City
- MCALLEN
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 78503
- On-site location
- ICU
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
GETTING MEDICATIONS
What happened
EE WAS GIVING A SUB Q INJECTION EE WAS TRYING TO ACTIVATE THE SELF SHOOTING MECHANISM AND IT WAS NOT WORKING SO EE PULLED NEEDLE FROM PATIENT AND TRIED TO ACTIVATE THE MECHANISM AND THE NEEDLE SLIPPED OUT OF EE HAND AND LANDED ONTO OTHER HAND AND ST
Injury or illness
Puncture Left Hand Needle stick SUB Q NEEDLE
Object or substance involved
SUB Q NEEDLE
Summary line
EE WAS GIVING A SUB Q INJECTION EE WAS TRYING TO ACTIVATE THE SELF SHOOTING MECHANISM AND IT WAS NOT WORKING SO EE PULLED NEEDLE FROM PATIENT AND TRIED TO ACTIVATE THE MECHANISM AND THE NEEDLE SLIPPED OUT OF EE HAND AND LANDED ONTO OTHER HAND AND ST
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 1294
- Total hours worked
- 3919289
- EIN
- 233069260
- Establishment ID
- 1128170
- Employer case #
- 80117
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:45:00.000
- Time of incident
- 23:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 15FEB24:16:25:00
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.