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OSHA Injury Report: Alvarado Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Alvarado Hospital in San Diego, CA 92120 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lab Assistant in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Alvarado Hospital
Parent company
Prime Healthcare
Street
6655 Alvarado Rd
City
San Diego
State
CA
ZIP
92120
On-site location
Emergency room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Pt had been combative. Sedated. Went to draw labs.

Went to draw labs. and patient woke up and jerked his hand away and the needle flew and fell to the floor. [REDACTED] noticed a cut on finger. Thinks it might still be a needlestick.

Possible needlestick

Possible 22ga butterfly needle

Drawing labs on a patient in the emergency room

Job description
Lab Assistant
SOC code
29-2012 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
726
Total hours worked
1034158
EIN
205683387
Establishment ID
727070
Employer case #
48
Date of incident
Shift started
13:00:00.000
Time of incident
5:00:00.000
Submitted
27JAN24:01:01:00

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.