Dubuque, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque-MHS-IA/NE
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque-MHS-IA/NE in 250 Mercy Drive, Dubuque, IA 52001 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lab Technologist Technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque-MHS-IA/NE
- Parent company
- MercyOne Dubuque
- Street
- 250 Mercy Drive
- City
- Dubuque
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 52001
- On-site location
- Emergency Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Just before the self-poke I had removed the butterfly needle without using the safety sleeve to remove the needle from the patient 's arm.
What happened
Puncture to right first finger from a dirty butterfly needle.
Injury or illness
Puncture Including Human Animal Insect Bite Sting Needlesticks
Object or substance involved
Contaminated Needle Stick or Other Contaminated Sharps
Summary line
I was in ER 5 conducting a blood draw on a patient I removed the butterfly needle from the patients arm without engaging the safety feature Once the needle was exposed I tried to then engage the safety feature leading to a self poke
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Lab Technologist Technician
- SOC code
- 29-2012: Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,208
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,607,583
- EIN
- 311373080
- Establishment ID
- 562610
- Employer case #
- 0204W2519
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 12:30
- Time of incident
- 18:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-27
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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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