West Des Moines, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: Methodist West Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Methodist West Hospital in West Des Moines, IA 50266 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was patient Care Technician NE in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Methodist West Hospital
- Parent company
- UnityPoint Health-Des Moines
- Street
- 1660 60th St
- City
- West Des Moines
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50266
- On-site location
- Hold room door
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
cleaning a patient room and went to open the door to the dirty hold room with my right hand once opened the door I used my left elbow to sustained it opened
What happened
immediately used my right hand to open it completely when I felty one of the pointy scissors poked my right index finger .
Injury or illness
Abrasion Cut Puncture Contaminated Sharp FingerIndex - Right
Object or substance involved
sutured scissors
Summary line
immediately used my right hand to open it completely when I felty one of the pointy scissors poked my right index finger .
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Patient Care Technician NE
- SOC code
- 31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 502
- Total hours worked
- 664413
- EIN
- 741180155
- Establishment ID
- 940537
- Employer case #
- S2025-100
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 19:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03FEB26:19:16:00
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.