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OSHA Injury Report: Viera Hospital Inc

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Viera Hospital Inc in 8745 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne, FL 32940 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Viera Hospital Inc
Parent company
Health First Inc
Street
8745 N. Wickham Road
City
Melbourne
State
FL
ZIP
32940
On-site location
ER

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Starting a peripheral IV line.

What happened

I was starting an IV line on a patient and she jerked her arm as I was starting to advance the needle. It caused my arm to jerk pulling the needle out and the tip of the needle swiped my opposite index finger cutting it superficially.

Injury or illness

Starting IV pt jerked pulling the needle out and the tip of the needle swiped my opposite index finger (right) cutting it superficially.

Object or substance involved

needle

Summary line

Starting IV pt jerked pulling the needle out and the tip of the needle swiped my opposite index finger (right) cutting it superficially.

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
622
Total hours worked
973036
EIN
264019868
Establishment ID
477955
Employer case #
NA-2023-13

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
9:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:46:00.000
Submitted
14FEB24:17:20:00

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Source

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