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OSHA Injury Report: HCA Florida Highlands Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at HCA Florida Highlands Hospital in 3600 s. highlands ave, Sebring, FL 33870 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was environmental Associate in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
HCA Florida Highlands Hospital
Parent company
HCA- Hospital Corporation of America
Street
3600 s. highlands ave
City
Sebring
State
FL
ZIP
33870
On-site location
outside grounds by trash compactor

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

unloading trash bags into the trash compactor

What happened

picking up bag of trash when a needle poked through the bag and stuck Right little finger

Injury or illness

Contaminated needlestick of unknown source Right little finger

Object or substance involved

contaminated needle

Summary line

contaminated needlestick right little finger that was in trash bag

Employee and industry

Job description
Environmental Associate
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
400
Total hours worked
509471
EIN
822084329
Establishment ID
1077544
Employer case #
V26950855

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
15:00
Time of incident
17:10
Filing year
2025
Submitted
09JAN26:15:38:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.