LAKEWOOD, CA ·
OSHA Injury Report: 012 LAKEWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at 012 LAKEWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER in 3700 EAST SOUTH STREET, LAKEWOOD, CA 90712 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was EMT in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- 012 LAKEWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
- Parent company
- LAKEWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
- Street
- 3700 EAST SOUTH STREET
- City
- LAKEWOOD
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 90712
- On-site location
- Emergency Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Assisting an RN with inserting an IV for an altered agitated patient
What happened
As the RN was taking out the IV from the patient 's arm the patient began to move and thrash around the EE attempted to grab the IV from the RN to help and the safety mechanism was not fully engaged resulting in a needlestick to the EE
Injury or illness
Puncture Right Thumb Needle stick IV Needle
Object or substance involved
IV Needle
Summary line
As the RN was taking out the IV from the patient 's arm the patient began to move and thrash around the EE attempted to grab the IV from the RN to help and the safety mechanism was not fully engaged resulting in a needlestick to the EE
Employee and industry
- Job description
- EMT
- SOC code
- 29-2042: Emergency Medical Technicians
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 920
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,426,038
- EIN
- 752919841
- Establishment ID
- 307547
- Employer case #
- 42460
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00
- Time of incident
- 06:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-19
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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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