OSHA Injury Report: Hall of Administration - County of Los Angeles Auditor Controller

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Working on scanning documents which included transporting folders to the printer and preparing them to scan.

What happened

Supervisor reported an observation on [REDACTED] to Safety Unit that employee appeared to be experiencing discomfort while scanning documents. Safety Unit contacted employee who stated he was recovering from an injury outside of work that he experienced in [REDACTED] and does not believe he fully recovered when he returned back to work. He believes that the scanning project may have aggravated his injury on his right hand wrist. Employee immediately placed off of assignment and provided with workers comp packet. Employee went to doctor and came back with work restrictions as well as was taken off work for 1 week.

Injury or illness

Sprain injury to right hand wrist

Object or substance involved

N A - Unclear employee had a previous injury and stated repetitive motions at work may have aggravated his condition

Summary line

Repetitive Motion Injury

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.