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OSHA Injury Report: Texas Children's Hospital West Campus

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Texas Children's Hospital West Campus in 18200 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX 77094 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was physician Asst in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Texas Children's Hospital West Campus
Parent company
Texas Children's Hospital
Street
18200 Katy Freeway
City
Houston
State
TX
ZIP
77094
On-site location
Operating Room

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

I was holding the patient 's hand I regrabbed the patient 's hand so that the scrub tech could move a wire on the field and the end of the metal pins in the patient 's hand struck through both of my gloves.

What happened

I was holding the patient 's hand so the surgeon could finish dressing the surgical site. The scrub tech was removing a drill wire from the field so I re-grabbed the patient 's hand so that he could remove the drill wire from the field. When I re-grabbed the patient 's hand the end of one of the metal pins pierced through both of my gloves of my right hand.

Injury or illness

Needlestick Contaminated Needle My right palm between my index and thumb.

Object or substance involved

metal pin

Summary line

When I re-grabbed the patient 's hand the end of one of the metal pins pierced through both of my gloves of my right hand.

Employee and industry

Job description
Physician Asst
SOC code
29-1071 — Physician Assistants
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1059
Total hours worked
1827097
EIN
741100555
Establishment ID
1433817
Employer case #
533841

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
8:20
Filing year
2025
Submitted
22JAN26:17:11:00

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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.