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OSHA Injury Report: KAU FAMILY HEALTH CENTER

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at KAU FAMILY HEALTH CENTER in 95-5583 MAMALAHOA HIGHWAY, NAALEHU, HI 96772 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was dentist in community health centers and clinics, outpatient.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
KAU FAMILY HEALTH CENTER
Parent company
WEST HAWAII COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
Street
95-5583 MAMALAHOA HIGHWAY
City
NAALEHU
State
HI
ZIP
96772
On-site location
Examination Room

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

attempting to administer anesthesia to a patient

What happened

dentist was giving patient an anesthesia shot and patient hit dentist 's hand away and the used needle punctured her left palm

Injury or illness

contaminated needle wentinto employee 's left palm

Object or substance involved

contaminated needle tip

Summary line

Contaminated anesthesia needle got bumped into employee 's left palm

Employee and industry

Job description
Dentist
SOC code
29-1021 — Dentists, General
NAICS code
621498 — Community health centers and clinics, outpatient
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
7
Total hours worked
11229
EIN
200495394
Establishment ID
1532700
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
13:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
02MAR26:20:52:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.