PALMDALE, CA ·
OSHA Injury Report: 078 LANCASTER HOSPITAL CORPORATION-PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at 078 LANCASTER HOSPITAL CORPORATION-PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER in 38600 MEDICAL CTR. DR, PALMDALE, CA 93551 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was RN in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Parent company
- Universal Health Services, Inc LANCASTER HOSPITAL CORPORATION-PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
- Street
- 38600 MEDICAL CTR. DR
- City
- PALMDALE
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 93551
- On-site location
- LABOR AND DELIVERY
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
REMOVING PAPER FROM VACCUTAINE NEEDLE
What happened
EE was removing the paper cover to the vacutaine needle and the paper ripped causing the LT thumb to go into the hole where the needle stuck her on her LT thumb through her dirty glove. EE was seen at the ER.
Injury or illness
Puncture Left Thumb Needle stick VACCUTAINE NEEDLE
Object or substance involved
VACCUTAINE NEEDLE
Summary line
EE was removing the paper cover to the vacutaine needle and the paper ripped causing the LT thumb to go into the hole where the needle stuck her on her LT thumb through her dirty glove. EE was seen at the ER.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 1,071
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 3,036,553
- EIN
- 953565954
- Establishment ID
- 1128196
- Employer case #
- 81465
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 13:05
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-15
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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