Santa Maria, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Merrill Gardens
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Merrill Gardens in Santa Maria, CA 93454 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was caregiver in rest homes without nursing care.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Merrill Gardens
- Parent company
- Merrill Gardens
- Street
- 1220 Suey Road
- City
- Santa Maria
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 93454
- On-site location
- Resident room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Assisting a resident with meds
What happened
EE alleges she was assisting a resident with administering their medication and as she was looking for a needle in the residents glucose bag a used glucose lancet punctured her left thumb.
Injury or illness
skin injury
Object or substance involved
needle
Summary line
EE alleges she was assisting a resident with administering their medication and as she was looking for a needle in the residents glucose bag a used glucose lancet punctured her left thumb.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Caregiver
- SOC code
- 31-1122 — Personal Care Aides
- NAICS code
- 623312 — Rest homes without nursing care
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 117
- Total hours worked
- 1992720500
- EIN
- 852818965
- Establishment ID
- 1539193
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:59
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 06MAR26:19:39:00
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.