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 RN 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
- DOU 2 NORTH
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
DISPOSING OF INSULIN NEEDLE INTO SHARPS
What happened
The employee had completed administering insulin to a patient activated the safety mechanism on the needle and went to dispose of the needle in the sharps container when the EE stated the mechanism retracted then sticking the EE in the finger.
Injury or illness
Puncture Right Finger(s) Needle stick INSULIN NEEDLE
Object or substance involved
INSULIN NEEDLE
Summary line
The employee had completed administering insulin to a patient activated the safety mechanism on the needle and went to dispose of the needle in the sharps container when the EE stated the mechanism retracted then sticking the EE in the finger.
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)
- 920
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,426,038
- EIN
- 752919841
- Establishment ID
- 307547
- Employer case #
- 41170
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 21:30
- 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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