NAALEHU, HI —
OSHA Injury Report: KAU FAMILY HEALTH CENTER
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at KAU FAMILY HEALTH CENTER in NAALEHU, HI 96772 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was dentist in community health centers and clinics, outpatient.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- KAU FAMILY HEALTH CENTER
- Parent company
- WEST HAWAII COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
- Street
- 95-5583 MAMALAHOA HIGHWAY
- City
- NAALEHU
- State
- HI
- ZIP
- 96772
- On-site location
- Examination Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
attempting to administer anesthesia to a patient
What happened
dentist was giving patient an anesthesia shot and patient hit dentist 's hand away and the used needle punctured her left palm
Injury or illness
contaminated needle wentinto employee 's left palm
Object or substance involved
contaminated needle tip
Summary line
Contaminated anesthesia needle got bumped into employee 's left palm
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Dentist
- SOC code
- 29-1021 — Dentists, General
- NAICS code
- 621498 — Community health centers and clinics, outpatient
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 7
- Total hours worked
- 11229
- EIN
- 200495394
- Establishment ID
- 1532700
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 13:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 02MAR26:20:52:00
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.