Luverne, MN —
OSHA Injury Report: MN,Luverne-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at MN,Luverne-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals in Luverne, MN 56156 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Technologist in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- MN,Luverne-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals
- Parent company
- Sanford Health
- Street
- 1600 N Kniss Ave
- City
- Luverne
- State
- MN
- ZIP
- 56156
- On-site location
- Sterilizing area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Cracking vial of 3M Attest Biological Indicator
What happened
Biological indicator vial top is compressed to crack internal vial for incubation readout to validate sterilization process As this vial cracked a piece of the broken vial protruded out the top and cut left thumb tip - feels like a piece of glass is left behind
Injury or illness
Left thumb laceration
Object or substance involved
Glass vial
Summary line
Cuts and Lacerations-Laceration W O Suture
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Technologist
- SOC code
- 29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 217
- Total hours worked
- 281238
- Establishment ID
- 999616
- Employer case #
- 24-1868
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 12:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 27FEB2025:14:48:00
Source
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.