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 1660 60th St, West Des Moines, IA 50266 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was RN Residency 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
- Patient room 3020
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Giving a patient her [REDACTED] injection.
What happened
When going to cap the needle it was pressed too hard and stabbed through the cap through my glove and hit my finger.
Injury or illness
Contaminated Sharp FingerIndex - Left
Object or substance involved
lovenox needle
Summary line
When going to cap the needle it was pressed too hard and stabbed through the cap through my glove and hit my finger.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN Residency NE
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 502
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 664,413
- EIN
- 741180155
- Establishment ID
- 940537
- Employer case #
- S2025-221
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 21:17
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-03
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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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