La Crosse, WI ·
OSHA Injury Report: La Crosse
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at La Crosse in 700 WEST AVE S, La Crosse, WI 54601 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was resident in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- La Crosse
- Parent company
- Mayo Clinic
- Street
- 700 WEST AVE S
- City
- La Crosse
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 54601
- On-site location
- Exam room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Medical Care procedure
What happened
Provider was removing a patient 's Nexplanon. During the procedure provider made and incision in patient 's arm retracted the scalpel and had it in her palm. When she went to make a revision to the incision and extracted the blade it cut her right hand as the blade was in her hand pointing inward not outward. This occurred after it had been used on the patient. Provider had a visible cut through glove and her hand was bleeding.
Injury or illness
Medical sharp contaminated to Hand
Object or substance involved
11 blade retractable disposable scalpel
Summary line
Medical sharp contaminated to Hand from 11 blade retractable disposable scalpel
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RESIDENT
- SOC code
- 29-1229: Physicians, All Other
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 1,946
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 3,143,488
- EIN
- 390806374
- Establishment ID
- 1330027
- Employer case #
- 465801
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 08:55
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-24
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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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