Accident Report Detail
Accident: 125965145 - Employee Injured When Stuck By Used Needle
Accident: 125965145 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 06/11/2001 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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125965145 | 11/20/2001 | 4953 | Denova Environmental, Inc. | ||||
At approximately 1:30 p.m. on June 11, 2001, Employee #1 suffered a serious injury when a hypodermic needle injected a foreign substance into his left forearm as he reached into a hazardous waste drum containing medical wastes and contaminated sharps. Employee #1 was hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
hazardous waste, storage area, puncture
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 125965145 | Hospitalized injury | Puncture | Supervisors, n.e.c. |