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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 registered Nurse 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
Telemetry

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Putting used sharps in sharps container

What happened

While putting heparin needle in the sharps container after the safety mechanism was turned on second finger on right hand accidentally touched the top of the safety mechanism before the needle was all the way into the container.

Injury or illness

Needle stick to second finger right hand

Object or substance involved

Heparin needle 25 ga

Summary line

Needlestick to right hand second finger

Employee and industry

Job description
Registered Nurse
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
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 #
80

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
18:00:00.000
Time of incident
21:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
31JAN24:02:02:00

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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.