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
- Dental Office
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Blood Draw Injection or Intravenous Infusion (IV)
What happened
Employee reports while working at outpatient dental clinic and after injecting lidocaine into patients mouth got a needle stick to left index finger when attempting to recap used needle. Bleeding noted after removal of gloves and hands washed for 10 seconds.
Injury or illness
Sharps Injury - Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure
Object or substance involved
used needle
Summary line
Needlestick Sharps BBP of Left Index Finger by due to used needle
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 #
- 26005559B
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- 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.