Houston, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital in 1635 North Loop West, Houston, TX 77008 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was RN III in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital
- Parent company
- Memorial Hermann Health System
- Street
- 1635 North Loop West
- City
- Houston
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77008
- On-site location
- PATIENT 'S ROOM
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Precepting a student nurse
What happened
RN was assisting a student with disposal of a heparin syringe after injection. The student did not engage the safety on the syringe before handing it to the RN. The needlestick was to the distal phalanx of the 4th finger.
Injury or illness
Disposing Dirty Needle After Giving Inj. Stuck Lt 4th Finger
Object or substance involved
needle
Summary line
Disposing Dirty Needle After Giving Inj. Stuck Lt 4th Finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN III
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 1,064
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 2,218,455
- EIN
- 741152597
- Establishment ID
- 87699
- Employer case #
- 009-2023-0
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 11:11
- Time of incident
- 09:54
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-29
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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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