Brooklyn, NY —
OSHA Injury Report: NYC Health + Hospitals/Cumberland
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at NYC Health + Hospitals/Cumberland in Brooklyn, NY 11205 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was patient Care Associate in community health centers and clinics, outpatient.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- NYC Health + Hospitals/Cumberland
- Parent company
- NYC Health + Hospitals
- Street
- 100 Portland Avenue
- City
- Brooklyn
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 11205
- On-site location
- 100 N Portland Avenue
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee stated that while she was preparing for a blood drawn for a pediatric patient and the mother was educated on proper technique for holding the patient and while the mother was holding the patient 's left hand and she was drawing the blood by inserting the needle into the patient 's right arm and the patient broke free from the mother causing the needle to come out and stuck her onto the left hand 's pointer finger. Puncture to the left index finger.
What happened
Employee stated that while she was preparing for a blood drawn for a pediatric patient and the mother was educated on proper technique for holding the patient and while the mother was holding the patient 's left hand and she was drawing the blood by inserting the needle into the patient 's right arm and the patient broke free from the mother causing the needle to come out and stuck her onto the left hand 's pointer finger. Puncture to the left index finger.
Injury or illness
Fingers
Object or substance involved
Needle Stick Body Fluid Exposure
Summary line
Employee stated that while she was preparing for a blood drawn for a pediatric patient and the mother was educated on proper technique for holding the patient and while the mother was holding the patient 's left hand and she was drawing the blood by inse
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Patient Care Associate
- SOC code
- 31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 621498 — Community health centers and clinics, outpatient
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 222
- Total hours worked
- 278984
- EIN
- 383875287
- Establishment ID
- 1406724
- Employer case #
- 25854
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 11:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 07APR2025:18:15:00
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.