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OSHA Injury Report: HCA Houston Southeast

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at HCA Houston Southeast in 4000 Spencer Hwy, Pasadena, TX 77504 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Technologist Cert in hospital.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
HCA Houston Southeast
Parent company
HCA Healthcare Southeast
Street
4000 Spencer Hwy
City
Pasadena
State
TX
ZIP
77504
On-site location
Operating Suite Invasive, Inpt.,Outpt.

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

disposing of sharp

What happened

The case had just finished. I was closing the red needle box and the spinal needle bounced out when I pulled the red box off the back table. The needle fell into the back table cover and I was wrapping it for disposal and felt the needle stick me in the abdomen.

Injury or illness

Contaminated Sharp Abdomen

Object or substance involved

contaminated spinal needle

Summary line

Employee closing needle box after procedure and spinal needle bounced out and fell. As employee was wrapping it for disposal had needle stick to the abdomen.

Employee and industry

Job description
Surgical Technologist Cert
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — Hospital
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1284
Total hours worked
2248461
EIN
122371748
Establishment ID
1355569
Employer case #
V38340-14

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
8:20
Filing year
2025
Submitted
22JAN26:20:20:00

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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.