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OSHA Injury Report: Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in 400 West Pueblo Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was cardiac Liaison Nurse in general Medical and Surgical Hospital.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Parent company
COTTAGE HEALTH
Street
400 West Pueblo Street
City
Santa Barbara
State
CA
ZIP
93105
On-site location
Cardiac Rehab

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
33

Before the incident

Doing initial evaluation of patient

What happened

Employee reports a patient took her right hand to shake hands and squeezed as hard as she could with both hands.

Injury or illness

Right hand pain; from patient squeezed Employee 's hand as hard as she could

Object or substance involved

Patient

Summary line

Right hand pain; from patient squeezed Employee 's hand as hard as she could

Employee and industry

Job description
Cardiac Liaison Nurse
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospital
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
3397
Total hours worked
4424139
Establishment ID
197551
Employer case #
AAAC000000

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
12:30:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:22:48:00

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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.