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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 environmental Services Technician Ii 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
Environmental Services

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Throwing out trash

What happened

Employee was throwing out the trash and felt a needle poke her on the left little finger.

Injury or illness

Puncture wound Left little finger; from picking up trash and stuck by sharp of unknown source

Object or substance involved

Unidentified sharp object

Summary line

Puncture wound Left little finger; from picking up trash and stuck by sharp of unknown source

Employee and industry

Job description
Environmental Services Technician Ii
SOC code
37-2019 — Building Cleaning Workers, All Other
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
15:00:00.000
Time of incident
22:16:00.000
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.