Minneapolis, MN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Medical Examiner's Office
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Medical Examiner's Office in 300 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55487 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was med Exam Technician in general Government.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Medical Examiner's Office
- Parent company
- Hennepin County
- Street
- 300 South Sixth Street
- City
- Minneapolis
- State
- MN
- ZIP
- 55487
- On-site location
- 14250 County Road 62 Minnetonka MN 55345
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
While removing the neck block of a decedent I had a finger holding up the neck which was rather short and taut To prevent buttonholing or small cuts to the neck that are visible to family I had my index finger extended in place By mistake I inserted the blade into my cuticle
What happened
I stabbed into the cuticle of my left index finger The cut runs from the cuticle nail bed to the first joint of the finger below the skin
Injury or illness
Needle stick
Object or substance involved
Scalpel my left hand Decedent 251614
Summary line
While removing the neck block of a decedent I had a finger holding up the neck which was rather short and taut To prevent buttonholing or small cuts to the neck that are visible to family I had my index finger extended in place By mistake I insert
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Med Exam Technician
- SOC code
- 29-2012: Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
- NAICS code
- 923120: General Government
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 62
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 109,336
- EIN
- 416005801
- Establishment ID
- 60379
- Employer case #
- 13018
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:30
- Time of incident
- 11:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-26
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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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