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OSHA Injury Report: Pocahontas Community Hospital

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Pocahontas Community Hospital in Pocahontas, IA 50574 resulted in days away from work. Employee was lab tech in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Pocahontas Community Hospital
Street
606 NW 7th St
City
Pocahontas
State
IA
ZIP
50574
On-site location
House on property
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
16
Days restricted or transferred
30

Walking down a flight of stairs carrying belongings

Was on-call and staying at hospital house. Was heading down the stairs to leave and slipped on the steps and fell down 2-3 steps and landed with her right leg bent back under her. Displaced distal fibula fracture.

Displaced distal fibula fracture

Stairs

Was on-call and staying at hospital house. Was heading down the stairs to leave and slipped on the steps and fell down 2-3 steps and landed with her right leg bent back under her. Displaced distal fibula fracture.

Job description
Lab tech
SOC code
29-2012 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
100
Total hours worked
150819
Establishment ID
1295547
Employer case #
4
Date of incident
Time of incident
6:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
22JAN26:19:27:00

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.