Wichita Falls, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: United Regional Health Care System
Other illness · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an other illness at United Regional Health Care System in 1600 11th Street, Wichita Falls, TX 76301 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was tech in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- United Regional Health Care System
- Parent company
- United Regional Health Care Systems
- Street
- 1600 11th Street
- City
- Wichita Falls
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 76301
- On-site location
- Operating Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
Before the incident
Assisting with surgery
What happened
I was scrubbed in for a tracheal dilation and the surgeon needed to take a biopsy. The surgeon asked for a sickle knife and used it to make a small incision in the patient 's trachea. When the surgeon handed the sickle knife back it stabbed me on my right
Injury or illness
Right hand laceration - Positive Exposure
Object or substance involved
Needle
Summary line
Right hand laceration - Positive Exposure
Employee and industry
- Job description
- TECH
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 2,057
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 3,683,389
- EIN
- 751912147
- Establishment ID
- 904374
- Employer case #
- 90
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 08:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-18
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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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