Pahala, HI ·
OSHA Injury Report: Kau Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Kau Hospital in 1 Kamani Street, Pahala, HI 96777 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was medical Assistant in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Kau Hospital
- Parent company
- Hawaii Health Systems Corporation
- Street
- 1 Kamani Street
- City
- Pahala
- State
- HI
- ZIP
- 96777
- On-site location
- Keaau RHC Exam Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Drawing patient 's blood.
What happened
Tried to shake the sharps container when disposing needle attached to vaccutainer and did not notice finger went into container causing needlestick.
Injury or illness
Needlestick to right middle finger.
Object or substance involved
Butterfly needle attached to vaccutainer.
Summary line
Needlestick to right middle finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Medical Assistant
- SOC code
- 31-9092: Medical Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 228
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 409,172
- EIN
- 990262198
- Establishment ID
- 82214
- Employer case #
- HHSC1692
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:29
- Time of incident
- 19:01
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-29
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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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