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OSHA Injury Report: Methodist West Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

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.

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
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

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

immediately used my right hand to open it completely when I felty one of the pointy scissors poked my right index finger .

Abrasion Cut Puncture Contaminated Sharp FingerIndex - Right

sutured scissors

immediately used my right hand to open it completely when I felty one of the pointy scissors poked my right index finger .

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
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00
Time of incident
19:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03FEB26:19:16:00

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.