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OSHA Injury Report: 078 LANCASTER HOSPITAL CORPORATION-PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at 078 LANCASTER HOSPITAL CORPORATION-PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER in 38600 MEDICAL CTR. DR, PALMDALE, CA 93551 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was eNV SVCS WKR HO in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
078 LANCASTER HOSPITAL CORPORATION-PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Parent company
Universal Health Services, Inc LANCASTER HOSPITAL CORPORATION-PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Street
38600 MEDICAL CTR. DR
City
PALMDALE
State
CA
ZIP
93551
On-site location
EVS

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

TRIED TO CHANGE A NEEDLE CONTAINER

What happened

EE stated she tried to change a needle container and there was a needle hanging out of the container and she tried to put the needle back inside of the container and her right index finger got pricked. EE stated there was a little bleeding and her f

Injury or illness

Puncture Right Finger(s) Needle stick NEEDLE

Object or substance involved

NEEDLE

Summary line

EE stated she tried to change a needle container and there was a needle hanging out of the container and she tried to put the needle back inside of the container and her right index finger got pricked. EE stated there was a little bleeding and her f

Employee and industry

Job description
ENV SVCS WKR HO
SOC code
37-2019 — Building Cleaning Workers, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1071
Total hours worked
3036553
EIN
953565954
Establishment ID
1128196
Employer case #
81241

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
15:00:00.000
Time of incident
22:10:00.000
Submitted
15FEB24:16:26:00

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Source

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