San Diego, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Alvarado Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Alvarado Hospital
- Parent company
- Prime Healthcare
- Street
- 6655 Alvarado Rd
- City
- San Diego
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 92120
- On-site location
- Emergency room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Pt had been combative. Sedated. Went to draw labs.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Possible needlestick
Object or substance involved
Possible 22ga butterfly needle
Summary line
Drawing labs on a patient in the emergency room
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 13:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 5:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 27JAN24:01:01:00
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.