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OSHA Injury Report: MN,Luverne-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals

Injury · Other recordable case

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.

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
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Cracking vial of 3M Attest Biological Indicator

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

Left thumb laceration

Glass vial

Cuts and Lacerations-Laceration W O Suture

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
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
12:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
27FEB2025:14:48:00

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.