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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 Progressive in hospitals, general pediatric.

Establishment
HCA Aurora
Street
1501 S. Potomac St.
City
Aurora
State
CO
ZIP
80012
On-site location
Step Down Unit PCU, TCU
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Administering [REDACTED] to patient in PCU.

RN was injecting patient with scheduled lovenox injection in the right upper arm. Needle inserted into arm and patient flinched and pulled back arm. RN was holding needle with right hand and patients arm with left hand. When patient moved her arm the needle then went into RN 's left palm.

Contaminated Sharp Hand - Left Left palm

Lovenox needle

RN was injecting patient with scheduled lovenox injection in the right upper arm. Needle inserted into arm and patient flinched and pulled back arm causing puncture

Job description
Resident II RN Progressive
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
7:00
Time of incident
9:45
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.