NEWTON, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Newton Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Newton Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE in 204 NORTH 4TH AVENUE EAST, NEWTON, IA 50208 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lab Technologist Technician in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Newton Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE
- Parent company
- Trinity Health MERCYONE NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER
- Street
- 204 NORTH 4TH AVENUE EAST
- City
- NEWTON
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50208
- On-site location
- Patient Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Performing standard venipuncture on patient 's hand (dorsal side) with a butterfly to acquire blood for lab testing crouching at patient 's bedside.
What happened
NEEDLE STICK TO EMPLOYEE 'S LEFT THUMB WHILE DRAWING BLOOD FROM A PATIENT.
Injury or illness
Puncture
Object or substance involved
Cut Punctured Scrape Injured By Needle Stick
Summary line
When extracting butterfly from patient s hand during peripheral venipuncture lightly touched thumb of the hand anchoring the patient s vein Wiped with alcohol and then squeezed and thumb had a tiny amount of blood appear confirming the needlestick
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Lab Technologist Technician
- SOC code
- 29-2012: Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
- NAICS code
- 622110: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 207
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 296,512
- EIN
- 421470935
- Establishment ID
- 1169332
- Employer case #
- 0037W24179
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 21:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-28
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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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