LAREDO, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: 062 LAREDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, L.P.-DOCTORS HOSPITAL
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at 062 LAREDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, L.P.-DOCTORS HOSPITAL in 10700 MCPHERSON RD, LAREDO, TX 78045 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was charge nurse in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Parent company
- Universal Health Services, Inc LAREDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, L.P.-DOCTORS HOSPITAL
- Street
- 10700 MCPHERSON RD
- City
- LAREDO
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 78045
- On-site location
- OPERATING ROOM
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
TAKING MEDICATION OUT OF A VIAL
What happened
EE responded to a code blue. EE was using a syringe to take medication out of a glass vial. After using the syringe EE went to dispose of the syringe but the safety cap broke off. EE sustained a needle stick to the left thumb.
Injury or illness
Puncture Left Thumb Needle stick SYRINGE
Object or substance involved
SYRINGE
Summary line
EE responded to a code blue. EE was using a syringe to take medication out of a glass vial. After using the syringe EE went to dispose of the syringe but the safety cap broke off. EE sustained a needle stick to the left thumb.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- CHARGE NURSE
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 802
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 2,571,525
- EIN
- 233001904
- Establishment ID
- 1128194
- Employer case #
- 78997
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 17:30
- 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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