Torrance, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, CA 90509 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was privacy Case in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
- Parent company
- County of Los Angeles
- Street
- 1000 West Carson Street
- City
- Torrance
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 90509
- On-site location
- Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Surgical Procedures
What happened
EE reports during a procedure in the cath lab picked up the used scalpel backwards and opened the blade towards own hand causing a sharp injury to right hand through single pair of gloves. Washed hands and seen in ED for initial evaluation.
Injury or illness
Sharps Injury - Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure
Object or substance involved
Needlestick Sharps BBP
Summary line
Needlestick Sharps BBP of Right Hand by due to Needlestick Sharps BBP
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Privacy Case
- SOC code
- 00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 4459
- Total hours worked
- 9274720
- Establishment ID
- 324291
- Employer case #
- 26005415B
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 18:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 02MAR26:17:04:00
Source
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.