Accident

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Nov 2003 Refuse Recycling STICK RT HAND
May 2004 Fire - Uniformed 883.0 Open wound finger Contaminated needle stic
Oct 2008 Fire - Uniformed {Stuck finger with dirty needle while re-caping ins
Jul 2010 Fire - Uniformed iReaching to open lid when was stuck with a dirty
Jan 2012 Fire - Uniformed IO Needle bent and stuck me in left index finger
Nov 2012 .Fire - Uniformed ESTARTING AN IV ACCIDENTAL NEEDLE STICK
Oct 2013 Fire - Uniformed IN BUTTOCKS BY NEEDLE
kt RT Index Fin er from an un-ca ed
Sep 2014 Refuse Recycling ?Loading plastic bag of reSIdentIal garbage, needle stic 3 PP
?hypodermlc syringe
nun-ca eds rine
Feb 2015 Police Uniformed a suspect and sustained a needle stick to right Index finger mm a pp 
. sin su5pects pants pocket
Feb 2015 Police Uniformed Cutting away a suspects pants to safely remove an un-capped syringe, the syringe bounced from
-the suspects pocket causing a needle stick to his right thumb
During 2nd attempt of inserting an IV in a patient in the rear of an ambulance, he sustained a
Apr 2015 Fire - Uniformed contaminated needle stick to the left thumb as he was retracting the catheter
Jun 2015 gFire Uniformed :Disposing a syringe into a sharps container and sustained a needle stick to the left index finger
gStanding in the rear of a moving ambulance attempting to dispose a used IV needle when he
Mar 2016 ?Fire - Uniformed istumbled, losing his balance causing him to sustain a needle stick to left index finger
?Retrieving a bag of refuse that was lying within a major intersection containing an unforeseen
Apr 2015 84 Recycling ghypodermic syringe sustaining a needle stick to left middle finger that broke the skin
?While conducting a search underneath a crawlspace for a suspect he sustained a uncture wound
Oct 2016 Police - Uniformed 

 

to his left finger as a result of coming in contact with a possible syringe

 

 

 

 

 

 

'During the process of removing a used needle for

a syringe he sustained a puncture wound to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nov 2016 'Fire - Uniformed this right thumb exposing him to the patients blood
was transferring equipment from his assigned police cruiser and into his personal vehicle and
Dec 2016 Police - Uniformed sustained a needle stick from an uncapped syringe in a bag that had been removed from a
suspect earlier during his shift
Dec 2016 Police Uniformed Was disposing of hypodermic syringes into a bio hazard container and the protective end cap on a
syringe come off exposmg the needle and he stuck left Index finger
while processing a crime scene involving a heroin overdose death he was emptying a plastic
Mar 2017 .Police - Uniformed container containing syringes he was stuck in the palm of his left hand from a unforeseen needle
gthat had penetrated the bottom of the container
Feb 2017 Refuse Recycling 'While picking up residential trash an uncapped needle penetrated the bag and punctured his left
thumb
was picking up a plastic bag containing residential refuse and got a needle stick to his left index
May 2017 Recycling finger from an uncapped syringe within the top of the bag penetrating both the bag and his work
glove 
The claimant was disposing several bags of residential refuse into the rear of a garbage truck a
Jul 2017 Refuse Recycling bag containing a non capped needle syringe penetrated the plastic bag coming in contact with his

right forearm causing a puncture wound

 

Aug 2017

Refuse Recycling

 

Picking up residential refuse and was stuck by an uncapped needle and it stuck his left thumb