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OSHA Injury Report: Texas Children's Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Texas Children's Hospital in 6621 Fannin St., Houston, TX 77030 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was staff Nurse Inpatient in children's hospitals, general.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Texas Children's Hospital
Street
6621 Fannin St.
City
Houston
State
TX
ZIP
77030
On-site location
Patient Room

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

drawing routine labs for patient

What happened

nurse was wearing gloves recapped a 27 g needle with patient blood but needle came out the side of the needle cap and knicked her as she was handing off something.

Injury or illness

Needlestick Contaminated Needle L thumb

Object or substance involved

27 g needle

Summary line

nurse was wearing gloves recapped a 27 g needle with patient blood but needle came out the side of the needle cap and knicked her as she was handing off something.

Employee and industry

Job description
Staff Nurse Inpatient
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Children's hospitals, general
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
9435
Total hours worked
15855103
EIN
741100555
Establishment ID
436910
Employer case #
475938

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
14:30:00.000
Submitted
15FEB24:22:56:00

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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.