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OSHA Injury Report: AdventHealth Lake Wales

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at AdventHealth Lake Wales in 410 S. 11th Street, Lake Wales, FL 33853 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was privacy case in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
AdventHealth Lake Wales
Parent company
AdventHealth
Street
410 S. 11th Street
City
Lake Wales
State
FL
ZIP
33853
On-site location
privacy case

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

EE was starting an IV and was distracted by other co-worker talking to her and accidently stuck herself in the right thumb with the contaminated needle.

What happened

I was attempting to insert an IV in a patient. Surgical staff entered the room asking me questions about another patient that they were going to take down to surgery. This was distracting and I ended up accidentally sticking myself after sticking the patient.

Injury or illness

Injuries Puncture Needle Needlestick Thumb Right

Object or substance involved

I was attempting to insert an IV in a patient. Surgical staff entered the room asking me questions about another patient that they were going to take down to surgery. This was distracting and I ended up accidentally sticking myself after sticking the patient.

Summary line

I was attempting to insert an IV in a patient. Surgical staff entered the room asking me questions about another patient that they were going to take down to surgery. This was distracting and I ended up accidentally sticking myself after sticking the pati

Employee and industry

Job description
privacy case
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
490
Total hours worked
783112
EIN
834672945
Establishment ID
565723
Employer case #
EV20231715

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
01MAR24:16:50:00

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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.