Houma, LA —
OSHA Injury Report: Physicians Medical Center
Other illness · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an other illness at Physicians Medical Center in Houma, LA 70360 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was scrub Tech in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Physicians Medical Center
- Parent company
- Physicians Medical Center
- Street
- 218 Corporate Drive
- City
- Houma
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70360
- On-site location
- Operating Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
Before the incident
Assisting the physician with the surgical case
What happened
The doctor gave back the local with a 19 gauge needle loaded. The employee scooped up the needle to place in the sharps container. After closing the cap on this needle the needle went through the side of the cap and stuck the left ring finger.
Injury or illness
Needlestick
Object or substance involved
Needle
Summary line
Needle stick to left ring finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Scrub Tech
- SOC code
- 29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 96
- Total hours worked
- 133576
- EIN
- 721275428
- Establishment ID
- 1010113
- Employer case #
- 5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:38:00.000
- Time of incident
- 11:12:00.000
- Submitted
- 28FEB24:21:12:00
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.