Emmetsburg, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Palo Alto County Health System
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Palo Alto County Health System in 3201 1st Street, Emmetsburg, IA 50536 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was dietary Cook in health Care.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Palo Alto County Health System
- Parent company
- Palo Alto County Health System
- Street
- 3201 1st Street
- City
- Emmetsburg
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50536
- On-site location
- Kitchen
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 5
Before the incident
Pulling pork roast out of the oven.
What happened
Employee reached into the knife drawer to get the meat prongs and cut her right thumb on the knife.
Injury or illness
Laceration to the right thumb laceration was evaluated in the ER cleaned and repaired with sutures. Job transfer until sutures were removed.
Object or substance involved
Kitchen knife
Summary line
Laceration to right thumb from knife
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Dietary Cook
- SOC code
- 35-2012: Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
- NAICS code
- 622110: Health Care
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 290
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 490,649
- EIN
- 420455510
- Establishment ID
- 561751
- Employer case #
- R2024006
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 11:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-07
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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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