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OSHA Injury Report: The Medical Center of Aurora

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at The Medical Center of Aurora in 1501 S Potomac St, Aurora, CO 80012 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lab tech in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
The Medical Center of Aurora
Parent company
HealthONE
Street
1501 S Potomac St
City
Aurora
State
CO
ZIP
80012
On-site location
pcu rom 254

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

just completed drawing pts blood

What happened

when withdrawing the hub got stuck on the wristband of the patient

Injury or illness

top of foot

Object or substance involved

needle

Summary line

when drawing the pt as i was pulling the straight needle out of the pts arm the hub part got stuck on the pts wristband and while trying to make it unstuck i dropped the needle and it landed on the top of my foot. it was a straight 22g needle.

Employee and industry

Job description
Lab tech
SOC code
29-2012 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1918
Total hours worked
2611708
EIN
841321373
Establishment ID
959312
Employer case #
109

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
3:00:00.000
Time of incident
5:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
02FEB24:00:16:00

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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.