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 certified sterile processing technician 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
- Decontamination room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Instrument equipment cleaning
What happened
I was in decontamination cleaning instruments; I was using a brush and the forceps went through my two pairs of gloves. I was aware when it happened assuming it only nicked through my first pair of gloves. When I went to take the gloves off I noticed a little blood where I was nicked with the end of the forceps.
Injury or illness
Medical sharp contaminated to Pointer Finger right hand
Object or substance involved
forceps
Summary line
Medical sharp contaminated to Pointer Finger right hand from forceps
Employee and industry
- Job description
- CERTIFIED STERILE PROCESSING TECHNICIAN
- SOC code
- 31-9093: Medical Equipment Preparers
- 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 #
- 466303
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 08:30
- 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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