Wheat Ridge, CO —
OSHA Injury Report: Lutheran Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was certified Surgical Tech in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Lutheran Medical Center
- Parent company
- SCL Health/Intermountain Healthcare
- Street
- 8300 W 38th Ave
- City
- Wheat Ridge
- State
- CO
- ZIP
- 80033
- On-site location
- Operating Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Grinding patient 's bone in surgery
What happened
Grinding bone in the bone mill and a piece of bone or tissue flew out into eye. Safety glasses were on. Eye wash was used for approximately 15 minutes.
Injury or illness
Pain Discomfort Eye - Left Itchy scratchy feeling to L-eye.
Object or substance involved
Foreign Matter in Eye
Summary line
Piece of bone or tissue flew into caregiver eye
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Certified Surgical Tech
- SOC code
- 29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 3310
- Total hours worked
- 2894604
- EIN
- 840505652
- Establishment ID
- 960165
- Employer case #
- S2024-4837
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 22FEB2025:02:45:00
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.