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OSHA Injury Report: HCA Aurora

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at HCA Aurora in Aurora, CO 80012 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was resident II RN Emergency in hospitals, general pediatric.

Establishment
HCA Aurora
Street
1501 S. Potomac St.
City
Aurora
State
CO
ZIP
80012
On-site location
Emergency Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Disposing of IV sharps in the Emergency Department.

I WAS PLACING AN IV IN THE SHARPS CONTAINER AND DIDN 'T REALIZE THE SHARPS CONTAINER HADN 'T BEEN CLEARED OUT IN A WHILE AND THERE WAS A 20GIV STICKING STRAIGHT OUT. I THEN ACCIDENTALLY STUCK MY MIDDLE L FINGER ON IT WHILE TRYING TO DISPOSE OF A DIFFERENT NEEDLE.

Contaminated Sharp FingerMiddle - Left 1st Joint Sharps container was overfilled.

Unknown sharps.

DIDN 'T REALIZE THE SHARPS CONTAINER HADN 'T BEEN CLEARED OUT IN A WHILE AND THERE WAS A 20GIV STICKING STRAIGHT OUT. I THEN ACCIDENTALLY STUCK MY MIDDLE L FINGER ON IT

Job description
Resident II RN Emergency
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general pediatric
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1395
Total hours worked
2635000
Establishment ID
1422293
Employer case #
V27400-13
Date of incident
Shift started
9:00
Time of incident
10:25
Filing year
2025
Submitted
30JAN26:18:52:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.