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OSHA Injury Report: MERCY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL SPRINGFIELD

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at MERCY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL SPRINGFIELD in SPRINGFIELD, MO 65804 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rEGISTERED NURSE in rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction).

Establishment
MERCY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL SPRINGFIELD
Parent company
MERCY HEALTH
Street
5904 S SOUTHWOOD ROAD
City
SPRINGFIELD
State
MO
ZIP
65804
On-site location
PATIENT ROOM
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Administering a Lovenox injection

After I administered the lovenox injection and pulled the needle out of patients abdomen tissue with my right dominant hand. I attempted to retract the needle with my right hand while moving my right hand with the [REDACTED] injection towards the sharps container which is when I poked my lower left thumb area.

NEEDLESTICK

INJECTION NEEDLE

PUNCTURE- THUMB- INJECTION NEEDLE

Job description
REGISTERED NURSE
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622310 — Rehabilitation hospitals (except alcoholism, drug addiction)
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
119
Total hours worked
159714
EIN
202553101
Establishment ID
735561
Employer case #
EV20241619
Date of incident
Shift started
11:27
Time of incident
17:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
26FEB2025:16:51:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.