Las Vegas, NV —
OSHA Injury Report: Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Desert Canyon
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Desert Canyon in Las Vegas, NV 89148 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN in physical rehabilitation hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Desert Canyon
- Parent company
- Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Desert Canyon
- Street
- 9175 West Oquendo Road
- City
- Las Vegas
- State
- NV
- ZIP
- 89148
- On-site location
- Patient Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Administering insulin to patient
What happened
Employee was putting syringe into sharps container after administering injection. Employee did not open lid to container and syringe bounced off top of container and pricked right index finger.
Injury or illness
Needle Stick exposure to blood-borne pathogen
Object or substance involved
Syringe
Summary line
Employee was putting syringe into sharps container after administering injection. Employee did not open lid to container and syringe bounced off top of container and pricked right index.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622310 — Physical rehabilitation hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 220
- Total hours worked
- 278743
- EIN
- 630860407
- Establishment ID
- 458532
- Employer case #
- 2024-5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 22:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 20JAN2025:20:45:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.