Clinton, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Mercy Medical Center-North Campus-MHS-IA/NE
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Mercy Medical Center-North Campus-MHS-IA/NE in 1410 North 4th Street, Clinton, IA 52732 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lab Technologist Technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mercy Medical Center-North Campus-MHS-IA/NE
- Parent company
- MercyOne Clinton
- Street
- 1410 North 4th Street
- City
- Clinton
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 52732
- On-site location
- Emergency Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
drawing blood
What happened
Colleague was disposing of a dirty butterfly needle attached to a syringe in the sharps box. The safety was not fully engaged and colleague was stuck on his Left middle finger resulting in a blood body fluid exposure and a puncture wound L middle finger
Injury or illness
Puncture
Object or substance involved
Cut Punctured Scrape Injured By Needle Stick
Summary line
after a blood draw I was placing the sharp in the sharps container and the syringe was got caught on something The safety on the needle must not have been fully secure causing the needle to scratch my middle finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Lab Technologist Technician
- SOC code
- 29-2012: Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 498
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 761,090
- EIN
- 421336618
- Establishment ID
- 996760
- Employer case #
- 0022W24187
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 13:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-03
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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