Colorado Springs, CO —
OSHA Injury Report: Life Care Center of Colorado Springs
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Life Care Center of Colorado Springs in Colorado Springs, CO 80910 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse in nursing homes.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Life Care Center of Colorado Springs
- Parent company
- Life Care Centers of America
- Street
- 2490 International Circle
- City
- Colorado Springs
- State
- CO
- ZIP
- 80910
- On-site location
- 100 hall nurses' station
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Administering insulin to a resident
What happened
No safety feature on insulin pen needle. Insulin pen had been placed in associate 's pocket still had an exposed needle. Needle stuck her in her abdomen.
Injury or illness
Needlestick to her abdomen.
Object or substance involved
Needle from insulin pen.
Summary line
Removing insulin pen needle from insulin pen. Recapped the needle so could remove the needle from the pen. Put the insulin pen in her pocket and didn 't realize the needle was still attached to the pen. Caused a needlestick to her abdomen.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Registered Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 623110 — Nursing homes
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 180
- Total hours worked
- 211608
- EIN
- 621643486
- Establishment ID
- 994816
- Employer case #
- 0006650466
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 12:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 28FEB2025:20:57:00
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.