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OSHA Injury Report: The Medical Center of Aurora

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at The Medical Center of Aurora in Aurora, CO 80012 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Tech in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
The Medical Center of Aurora
Parent company
HealthONE
Street
1501 S Potomac St
City
Aurora
State
CO
ZIP
80012
On-site location
OR 1
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Assisting with instruments for surgeon

I was uncapping a hypodermic needle it got stuck and stuck myself with it

Needle stick exposed to blood

Needle

Hypodermic needle is used on multiple sites. It was handed back and I capped it. The surgeon needed the needle again and as I was uncapping it it was a little stuck and I jolted and stuck myself while uncapping the needle on my left index finger.

Job description
Surgical Tech
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1918
Total hours worked
2611708
EIN
841321373
Establishment ID
959312
Employer case #
126
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
13:50:00.000
Submitted
02FEB24:14:10:00

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