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OSHA Injury Report: Children's Hospital Colorado,Colorado Springs

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Children's Hospital Colorado,Colorado Springs in 4090 Briargate Parkway, Colorado Springs, CO 80920 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was emergency Medical Tech in hospital.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Children's Hospital Colorado,Colorado Springs
Parent company
Children's Hospital Colorado
Street
4090 Briargate Parkway
City
Colorado Springs
State
CO
ZIP
80920
On-site location
"1st floor, SPARC room 8"

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Preparing to start an IV on a patient

What happened

I was preparing to demonstrate the freezy spray for a patient who was receiving an IV. I did not notice that the nozzle was turned backwards. I started to spray the freezy spray and due to the nozzle direction being flipped a small amount of the spray got into my right eye.

Injury or illness

Possible chemical injury to right eye

Object or substance involved

Gebauer 's PainEase spray

Summary line

R eye injury after freezy spray splash

Employee and industry

Job description
Emergency Medical Tech
SOC code
29-2042 — Emergency Medical Technicians
NAICS code
622310 — Hospital
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1101
Total hours worked
1618446
EIN
840166760
Establishment ID
1275167
Employer case #
5759

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:30
Time of incident
13:15
Filing year
2024
Submitted
30JAN2025:19:03:00

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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.