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OSHA Injury Report: Passaic Cty Sheriff's Dept

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Passaic Cty Sheriff's Dept in 435 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne, NJ 07470 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cORRECTIONAL POLICE OFFICER in sheriffs' offices (except court functions only).

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Passaic Cty Sheriff's Dept
Parent company
Passaic County Sheriff's Department
Street
435 Hamburg Turnpike
City
Wayne
State
NJ
ZIP
07470
On-site location
PASSAIC COUNTY JAIL - INTAKE

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
5

Before the incident

SEARCHING AN INMATE

What happened

WHILE SEARCHING AN INCOMING INMATE OFFICER WAS STUCK BY HYPODERMIC NEEDLE

Injury or illness

STUCK BY NEEDLE IN RIGHT THUMB

Object or substance involved

HYPODERMIC NEEDLE

Summary line

SEARCHING AN INMATE AND WAS STUCK WITH HYPODERMIC NEEDLE

Employee and industry

Job description
CORRECTIONAL POLICE OFFICER
SOC code
33-3012 — Correctional Officers and Jailers
NAICS code
922120 — Sheriffs' offices (except court functions only)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
554
Total hours worked
1148160
EIN
999343169
Establishment ID
1109999
Employer case #
9

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
15:00:00.000
Time of incident
17:15:00.000
Submitted
08APR24:19:35:00

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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.