Weslaco, TX —
OSHA Injury Report: Knapp Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Knapp Medical Center in Weslaco, TX 78596 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Knapp Medical Center
- Parent company
- Knapp Medical Center
- Street
- 1401 E. 8th Street
- City
- Weslaco
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 78596
- On-site location
- Telemetry
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Removing home meds from plastic bag patient had brought them in
What happened
loose dirty needle was in bag
Injury or illness
scraped palm of hand with dirty needle
Object or substance involved
dirty needle
Summary line
Admitting patient was removing home meds from plastic bag bag had a used needle loose inside it causing scrape with dirty needle to nurse 's palm
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
- 572
- Total hours worked
- 985002
- Establishment ID
- 953944
- Employer case #
- 35
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 12:25:00.000
- Submitted
- 23JAN24:19:12:00
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.