Aurora, CO ·
OSHA Injury Report: The Medical Center of Aurora
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at The Medical Center of Aurora in 1501 S Potomac St, Aurora, CO 80012 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was resident II RN MedSurg in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- The Medical Center of Aurora
- Parent company
- HealthONE
- Street
- 1501 S Potomac St
- City
- Aurora
- State
- CO
- ZIP
- 80012
- On-site location
- Medical/Surgical Unit
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Working for patient care
What happened
I was placing a lovenox needle into a sharps container. The needle was retracted in its safety device. The sharps container was full. When I placed the needle into the sharps container the plunger got pushed and I was poked in the rt thumb. I had my thumb over the opening while putting it away.
Injury or illness
Contaminated Sharp FingerThumb - Left 1st Joint
Object or substance involved
needle
Summary line
I was placing a lovenox needle into a sharps container. The needle was retracted in its safety device. The sharps container was full. When I placed the needle into the sharps container the plunger got pushed and I was poked in the rt thumb. I had my thumb
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Resident II RN MedSurg
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 1,760
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 2,550,963
- EIN
- 841321373
- Establishment ID
- 959312
- Employer case #
- V27400-750
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-07
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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