Waterloo, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: Covenant Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, IA 50702 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was nurse RN LPN LVN in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Covenant Medical Center
- Parent company
- Trinity Health
- Street
- 3421 W 9th St.
- City
- Waterloo
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50702
- On-site location
- Employee s Own Department Or Work Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
assisting surgeon in OR
What happened
BBF exposure dirty suture stick while assisting surgeon in OR with case accidentally got stuck in right wrist after use on patient. Visible blood after taking off 2 pair of gloves and gown.
Injury or illness
Puncture Including Human Animal Insect Bite Sting Needlesticks
Object or substance involved
Contaminated Needle Stick or Other Contaminated Sharps
Summary line
This nurse was retracting surgical site when surgeon was suturing When tying the needle was in needleholder but poked this nurse right wrist through 2 gloves and gown Visible blood was present
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Nurse RN LPN LVN
- SOC code
- 29-2061 — Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 1447
- Total hours worked
- 2109329
- EIN
- 421264647
- Establishment ID
- 940136
- Employer case #
- MH01W2520
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 17:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03FEB26:13:50:00
Source
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.