OSHA Injury Report: HCA FLORIDA MERCY HOSPITAL

At a glance

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What was the outcome?

Before the incident

SHE UNZIPPED THE LINEN WASTE BASKET AND ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE OVERFLOWING LINEN BAG WHEN HER HAND WAS INURED NOTED SWELLING ON RIGHT THUMB JOINT AS WELL AS PAIN RADIATING FROM THE INJURY THROUGH HER HAND

What happened

THE LINEN BAG IN THE ER CT SCAN ROOM WAS OVERFLOWING I UNZIPPED THE LINEN WASTE BASKET AND ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE BAG OF DIRTY LINENS OUT IN DOING SO MY HAND WAS INURED THERE IS A SWELLING ON THE RIGHT THUMB JOINT AS WELL AS PAIN RADIATING FROM THE INJURY THROUGH MY HAND I WILL BE HAVING MY HAND EXAMINED BY THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Injury or illness

Sprain Strain Finger Thumb Right 1st Joint Hand Right

Object or substance involved

Overflowing Linen bags

Summary line

THE LINEN BAG WAS OVERFLOWING AND MY HAND WAS INURED AFTER PULLING RIGHT THUMB JOINT AS WELL AS PAIN RADIATING

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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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.