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OSHA Injury Report: Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in 400 West Pueblo Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was resident R 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
Emergency Department

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Resuscitation of critical trauma patient

What happened

Employee stuck her right index finger with an 18g needle during a trauma resuscitation

Injury or illness

Needlestick R index finger; from stuck by needle during trauma resuscitation

Object or substance involved

18g Needle

Summary line

Needlestick R index finger; from stuck by needle during trauma resuscitation

Employee and industry

Job description
Resident R
SOC code
29-1229 — Physicians, All Other
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
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:00:00.000
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.