Viroqua, WI —
OSHA Injury Report: Vernon Health Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Vernon Health Hospital in Viroqua, WI 54665 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was exercise Physiologist in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Vernon Health Hospital
- Parent company
- Vernon Memorial Healthcare
- Street
- 507 S. Main Street
- City
- Viroqua
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 54665
- On-site location
- Cardiopulmonary Rehab
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Cleaning up materials after a patient had finished checking his blood glucose
What happened
Employee was assisting a patient after he finished checking his blood glucose via finger stick with personal lancet without safety device. When she grabbed his gauze to discard the used lancet poked into the patient 's gloved thumb.
Injury or illness
Needle stick to left thumb
Object or substance involved
Lancet from blood glucose testing kit
Summary line
Significant Exposure
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Exercise Physiologist
- SOC code
- 29-1128 — Exercise Physiologists
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 336
- Total hours worked
- 531532
- Establishment ID
- 1074889
- Employer case #
- 20253
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 16:43
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 20JAN26:15:55:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.