Houston, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital in 7600 Beechnut, Houston, TX 77074 resulted in days away from work. Employee was surg Tech III NonCertified in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital
- Parent company
- Memorial Hermann Health System
- Street
- 7600 Beechnut
- City
- Houston
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77074
- On-site location
- OTHER
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 26
- Days restricted or transferred
- 21
Before the incident
I w3as spreading OR [REDACTED] for the [REDACTED] surgical case
What happened
I was in [REDACTED] 23 spreading the case for the next surgical day I had just finished moving some equipment around. I walked pass the bovie console on my left the surgical wand was just hanging hapzard my left foot got tangled into the long white wand cord causing me to fall onto my left side to the [REDACTED] floor. I tried pushing myself off of the floor. I couold not put any weight onto my left knee or side. I called the front desk to speak to the charge nurse [REDACTED]. I told her I was in [REDACTED] I had fallen and I needed help to get up.
Injury or illness
Preparing operating room for next day tripped on wand cord fell went to ER fractured multiple ribs abrasions left knee pain
Object or substance involved
cord
Summary line
Tripped On Cord fall
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surg Tech III NonCertified
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 1,587
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 3,309,057
- EIN
- 741152597
- Establishment ID
- 87704
- Employer case #
- 013-2023-0
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:26
- Time of incident
- 21:50
- 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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