OSHA Injury Report: HCA Florida Aventura Hospital

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

doing count post

What happened

Dr. [REDACTED] was suturing close the fascia during an abdominal hysterectomy. I was doing my second count while he was closing. When he was done with the suture needle and asked for a new one i turned around to pick some instruments off my mayo stand and my hand brushed across a needle that was facing sharp up and was not protected at all when placed in the needle holder. I checked my gloves but didn 't see anything at first but then as i continued to work i notice that my blue under glove started to look wet where i was poked. He didn 't communicate at all that the needle was unprotected on the mayo. My surgical assist would alert me when she put a unprotected needle on mayo stand but the doctor did not do the same.

Injury or illness

Contaminated Sharp FingerThumb - Left 2nd Joint

Object or substance involved

dirty needle

Summary line

Dr. [REDACTED] was suturing close the fascia during an abdominal hysterectomy. I was doing my second count while he was closing. When he was done with the suture needle and asked for a new one i turned around to pick some instruments off my mayo stand and

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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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.