Santa Maria, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Merrill Gardens
Other illness · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an other illness at Merrill Gardens in Santa Maria, CA 93454 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was caregiver in assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Merrill Gardens
- Parent company
- Merrill Gardens LLC
- Street
- 1220 Suey Road
- City
- Santa Maria
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 93454
- On-site location
- Resident apartment
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
Before the incident
assisting a resident to give herself an injection with a flexpen the resident injected the insulin into her stomach and handed the employee the used flexpen and capped the needle The needle pushed thru the cap and poked the employee
What happened
assisting a resident to give herself an injection with a flexpen the resident injected the insulin into her stomach and handed the employee the used flexpen and capped the needle The needle pushed thru the cap and poked the employee
Injury or illness
needle stick
Object or substance involved
needle
Summary line
Needle stick from a used flexpen
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Caregiver
- SOC code
- 31-1122 — Personal Care Aides
- NAICS code
- 623312 — Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 166
- Total hours worked
- 205536
- EIN
- 273088251
- Establishment ID
- 556086
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:17:00.000
- Time of incident
- 12:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 27FEB24:23:07:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.