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OSHA Injury Report: Alvarado Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Alvarado Hospital in 6655 Alvarado Rd, San Diego, CA 92120 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was eMT in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

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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

Administering insulin to a patient.

What happened

Pulling up the needle guard and got stuck in the left thumb

Injury or illness

Needle stick to left thumb

Object or substance involved

Insulin needle

Summary line

Needlestick

Employee and industry

Job description
EMT
SOC code
29-2042 — Emergency Medical 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 #
60

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
17:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
30JAN24:23:45:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.