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OSHA Injury Report: Northside Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Northside Hospital in 6000 49th St., St Petersburg, FL 33709 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was oR Scrub Tech in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Northside Hospital
Parent company
Northside Hospital
Street
6000 49th St.
City
St Petersburg
State
FL
ZIP
33709
On-site location
Operating room suite (invasive inpt, outpt)

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

transferring suture needle to sharps box

What happened

As the PA handed back the suture needle I did not realize that it was not fully protected when I grabbed it from her. As I moved from the mayo stand to the back table to put my needle in the needle box I stuck myself with the needle on my left pointer finger. I immediately told my nurse. put my needle in the needle box.

Injury or illness

contaminated needle stick

Object or substance involved

Vicryl suture needle.

Summary line

Contaminated Sharp Finger Index-Left 1st joint vicryl suture needle

Employee and industry

Job description
OR Scrub Tech
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
790
Total hours worked
1281789
EIN
610947837
Establishment ID
1281001
Employer case #
v30950-855

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
4:20
Filing year
2024
Submitted
31JAN2025:13:33:00

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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.