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OSHA Injury Report: 14350001-143501 MERCYONE NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at 14350001-143501 MERCYONE NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER in Newton, IA 50208 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
14350001-143501 MERCYONE NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER
Parent company
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Street
204 N 4th Ave E
City
Newton
State
IA
ZIP
50208
On-site location
Employee's Own Department Or Work Area
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Talking with patient and friend about plan of care trying to hold up the patient 's sleeve to give her the injection

Patient was receiving SQ injection in right upper arm. After giving the injection to the patient I reached to top of syringe to pull the safety sheath down and accidentally poked myself with the needle on my left thumb.

Blood Bodily Fluid Needlestick Contaminated Sharps Exposure

needlestick

NEEDLESTICK TO LEFT THUMB AFTER HAVING INJECTED PATIENT WITH MEDICATION.

Job description
RN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
214
Total hours worked
298736
EIN
421470935
Establishment ID
1169234
Employer case #
0037W2520
Date of incident
Shift started
7:30
Time of incident
14:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
29JAN26:21:58:00

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.