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
- MED SURG 3 (PATIENT ROOM)
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
GIVING INJECTION
What happened
EE was giving an injection to a patient and using a needle with a safety that retracts after using. EE used left hand to pinch patients skin and punctured left index finger after shot was given before she retract the safety mechanism. EE sought medic
Injury or illness
Puncture Left Finger(s) Needle stick NEEDLE
Object or substance involved
NEEDLE
Summary line
EE was giving an injection to a patient and using a needle with a safety that retracts after using. EE used left hand to pinch patients skin and punctured left index finger after shot was given before she retract the safety mechanism. EE sought medic
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 #
- 83441
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 15:00
- 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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