Liberal, KS ·
OSHA Injury Report: Southwest Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Southwest Medical Center in 315 W 15th Street, Liberal, KS 679012455 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was unknown in hospital.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Southwest Medical Center
- Parent company
- Southwest Medical Center
- Street
- 315 W 15th Street
- City
- Liberal
- State
- KS
- ZIP
- 679012455
- On-site location
- Emergency Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Unknown
What happened
After IM injection needle was placed in sharps container. Needle apparently got stuck and did not fall to the bottle of sharps container. The needle was facing upward. When putting the medication vial in sharps container thumb was poked by needle. Hands were immediately washed and rinsed. House coordinator was notified.
Injury or illness
Needle Stick
Object or substance involved
Needle
Summary line
Needle Stick; Left Thumb; Needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- UNKNOWN
- SOC code
- 00-9900: Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospital
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 478
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 695,025
- EIN
- 480684878
- Establishment ID
- 473489
- Employer case #
- V2025-048
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:44
- Time of incident
- 18:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-20
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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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