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OSHA Injury Report: Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital in Houston, TX 77074 resulted in days away from work. Employee was surg Tech III NonCertified in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital
Parent company
Memorial Hermann Health System
Street
7600 Beechnut
City
Houston
State
TX
ZIP
77074
On-site location
OTHER
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
26
Days restricted or transferred
21

I w3as spreading OR [REDACTED] for the [REDACTED] surgical case

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.

Preparing operating room for next day tripped on wand cord fell went to ER fractured multiple ribs abrasions left knee pain

cord

Tripped On Cord fall

Job description
Surg Tech III NonCertified
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1587
Total hours worked
3309057
EIN
741152597
Establishment ID
87704
Employer case #
013-2023-0
Date of incident
Shift started
8:26:00.000
Time of incident
21:50:00.000
Submitted
29FEB24:19:48:00

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.