Emmetsburg, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Palo Alto County Health System
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Palo Alto County Health System in 3201 1st Street, Emmetsburg, IA 50536 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was cook in health Care.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Palo Alto County Health System
- Parent company
- Palo Alto County Health System
- Street
- 3201 1st Street
- City
- Emmetsburg
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50536
- On-site location
- Kitchen
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was preparing breakfast and had used the last of the aluminum foil.
What happened
Employee was moving a new box of aluminum foil to the back counter. The new role slid out of the employee 's hand causing a laceration to the right fifth finger.
Injury or illness
1.5 cm Finger Laceration repaired in the ER with 2 sutures.
Object or substance involved
The sharp edge on the aluminum foil box
Summary line
Laceration of the right 5th finger. The sharp edge of the aluminum foil box caused the laceration.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Cook
- SOC code
- 35-2012: Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
- NAICS code
- 622110: Health Care
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 270
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 493,833
- EIN
- 420455510
- Establishment ID
- 561751
- Employer case #
- R2025000
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:30
- Time of incident
- 07:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-15
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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