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OSHA Injury Report: Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian - Irvine

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian - Irvine in 1 HOAG DRIVE, BOX 6100, Newport Beach, CA 92663 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was instrument Tech Ii in general medical and surgical hospitals.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian - Irvine
Street
1 HOAG DRIVE, BOX 6100
City
Newport Beach
State
CA
ZIP
92663
On-site location
In the sterile processing section of HOI

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Preparing the surgery tray for cleaning

What happened

EE was setting up the tray to organize it for washing post surgery. EE was fixing the surgical tray and got a needle holder to put in a stringer and when I grabbed it I felt a sharp poke and saw is was a suture and site started to bleed immediately. She then told me on the phone that she saw that the suture involved in the incident had been cut already so it was a used suturing needle that had poked her therefore contaminated. However had no visible blood on needle.

Injury or illness

She had a poke on her right thumb small opening.

Object or substance involved

A suture needle with used contaminated suture

Summary line

She had a poke on her right thumb small opening.

Employee and industry

Job description
Instrument Tech Ii
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
3079
Total hours worked
2594239
EIN
951643327
Establishment ID
856535
Employer case #
AAAC000000

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
12:15:00.000
Time of incident
13:20:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
26FEB24:22:26:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.