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OSHA Injury Report: Physicians Medical Center

Other illness · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an other illness at Physicians Medical Center in 218 Corporate Drive, Houma, LA 70360 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was scrub Tech in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Physicians Medical Center
Parent company
Physicians Medical Center
Street
218 Corporate Drive
City
Houma
State
LA
ZIP
70360
On-site location
Operating Room

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Other illness (code 6)

Before the incident

Assisting the physician with the surgical case

What happened

The doctor gave back the local with a 19 gauge needle loaded. The employee scooped up the needle to place in the sharps container. After closing the cap on this needle the needle went through the side of the cap and stuck the left ring finger.

Injury or illness

Needlestick

Object or substance involved

Needle

Summary line

Needle stick to left ring finger

Employee and industry

Job description
Scrub Tech
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
96
Total hours worked
133576
EIN
721275428
Establishment ID
1010113
Employer case #
5

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:38:00.000
Time of incident
11:12:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
28FEB24:21:12:00

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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.