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OSHA Injury Report: Rio Grande Regional Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Rio Grande Regional Hospital in 101 E. Ridge Rd., McAllen, TX 78503 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Rio Grande Regional Hospital
Parent company
Rio Grande Regional Hospital
Street
101 E. Ridge Rd.
City
McAllen
State
TX
ZIP
78503
On-site location
Surgery Department

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

assisting in surgical case

What happened

RN WAS SPLASHED IN THE EYES BY COWORKER WHO WAS CLEANING PATIENT ARM WITH LAP SPONGE SOAKED IN SALINE AND BODILY FLUIDS FROM CASE

Injury or illness

SPLASH TO MUCUS MEMBRANE EYE

Object or substance involved

BODILY FLUIDS

Summary line

Splash by coworker into eyes with contaminated sponge

Employee and industry

Job description
RN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
13980
Total hours worked
2435608
EIN
742281137
Establishment ID
1283100
Employer case #
6137

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
19:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
12FEB2025:17:54:00

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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.