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 ENV svcs WKR HO 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
- EVS (OR)
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
CLEANING OR TABLE
What happened
EE was cleaning the [REDACTED] when she went to change the blue pharmacy container there needle sticking out. The needle stuck the EE in her RT thumb. First aid provided by ER. No injuries.
Injury or illness
Puncture Right Thumb Needle stick NEEDLE
Object or substance involved
NEEDLE
Summary line
EE was cleaning the [REDACTED] when she went to change the blue pharmacy container there needle sticking out. The needle stuck the EE in her RT thumb. First aid provided by ER. No injuries.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- ENV SVCS WKR HO
- SOC code
- 37-2019: Building Cleaning Workers, All Other
- 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 #
- 82240
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- 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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