Germantown, MD —
OSHA Injury Report: Holy Cross Germantown Hospital-HCH-MD
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Holy Cross Germantown Hospital-HCH-MD in Germantown, MD 20876 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was nurse RN LPN LVN in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Holy Cross Germantown Hospital-HCH-MD
- Parent company
- Holy Cross Germantown Hospital-HCH-MD
- Street
- 19801 Observation Drive
- City
- Germantown
- State
- MD
- ZIP
- 20876
- On-site location
- Patient Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Providing patient an oral care with suction and oral care swabs
What happened
EE reports providing PT oral care with suction and swabs. PT bit onto the swab extremely hard as EE was trying to open PT mouth to release the swab the PT bit EE 's left thumb resulting in a left thumb contusion.
Injury or illness
Puncture
Object or substance involved
Cut Punctured Scrape Injured By Bitten
Summary line
The patient bit onto the oral care swab extremely hard as I was trying to open her mouth to release the swab the patient bit my left thumb CCMD shown the bite mark and I was instructed by AC to the ED for follow up per protocol
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Nurse RN LPN LVN
- SOC code
- 29-2061 — Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 800
- Total hours worked
- 1163019
- EIN
- 520738041
- Establishment ID
- 191262
- Employer case #
- 6447W24180
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 22JAN2025:17:17:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.