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
- Laboratory
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Walking
What happened
SPLASH OF BLOOD FLUID INTO EMPLOYEE 'S EYES AFTER TUBE FELL TO FLOOR
Injury or illness
Eye Injury Including Foreign Body And Conjunctivitis
Object or substance involved
Blood Bodily Fluid Saliva Other Exposure
Summary line
[REDACTED] was walking to the Vidas analyzer with three specimens she had processed in Chemistry One of the tubes slipped loose of its lid and struck the floor Plasma flew up from the tube and hit her in the eye
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 #
- 0037W24183
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 06:30
- 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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