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 rN 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
- Telemetry Unit 1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Administering subcutaneous insulin injection to patient.
What happened
Patient screamed and moved while nurse was injecting insulin and caused nurse to poke L-middle finger with insulin needle after this had been used on patient.
Injury or illness
Abrasion Cut Puncture FingerMiddle - Left Needlestick.
Object or substance involved
Insulin needle.
Summary line
Patient moved during injecting insulin causing dirty needlestick
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- 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 #
- S2024-6118
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:45
- Time of incident
- 19:30
- 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.