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OSHA Injury Report: Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital in 351 South Patterson Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93111 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was nurse Traveler in general Medical and Surgical Hospital.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital
Parent company
COTTAGE HEALTH
Street
351 South Patterson Avenue
City
Santa Barbara
State
CA
ZIP
93111
On-site location
Emergency Department

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Cleaning [REDACTED] stand

What happened

Employee was cleaning the mayo stand and stuck her left thumb on the end of the vacutainer used to straight stick a patient for labs

Injury or illness

Needlestick L thumb; from cleaning mayo stand stuck by end of vacutainer

Object or substance involved

Needle

Summary line

Needlestick L thumb; from cleaning mayo stand stuck by end of vacutainer

Employee and industry

Job description
Nurse Traveler
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospital
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
333
Total hours worked
502155
Establishment ID
197569
Employer case #
AAAC000000

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
21:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
28FEB24:21:12:00

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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.