Santa Barbara, CA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Pacific Diagnostics Laboratories
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Pacific Diagnostics Laboratories in 454 South Patterson Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93111 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was pathologists Assistant in medical Laboratory.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Pacific Diagnostics Laboratories
- Parent company
- COTTAGE HEALTH
- Street
- 454 South Patterson Avenue
- City
- Santa Barbara
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 93111
- On-site location
- Pathology
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Dissecting tissue sample
What happened
Employee was dissecting a below-knee amputation when she punctured her left ring finger with the tip of the scalpel.
Injury or illness
Wound Left ring finger; from finger punctured by tip of scalpel while dissecting tissue sample
Object or substance involved
Scalpel
Summary line
Wound Left ring finger; from finger punctured by tip of scalpel while dissecting tissue sample
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Pathologists Assistant
- SOC code
- 29-2012: Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
- NAICS code
- 621511: Medical Laboratory
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 363
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 530,283
- Establishment ID
- 1157779
- Employer case #
- AAAC000000
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-24
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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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