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OSHA Injury Report: Iowa Lutheran Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, IA 50316 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Technologist Certified NE in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Parent company
UnityPoint Health-Des Moines
Street
7000 E University
City
Des Moines
State
IA
ZIP
50316
On-site location
Surgery
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

DOING A ROBOTIC [REDACTED] REPAIR USING MESH AND NEEDLES TO TIE IN MESH

PUT [REDACTED] THROUGH UMBILICUS FOR [REDACTED] TO FIND AND POKED HER WHILE USING AN INSTRUMENT BECAUSE PATIENT WAS LARGE AND NEEDLE WAS HARD TO FIND

Abrasion Cut Puncture Contaminated Sharp FingerIndex - Left

Contaminated Needle

PUT [REDACTED] THROUGH UMBILICUS FOR [REDACTED] TO FIND AND POKED HER WHILE USING AN INSTRUMENT BECAUSE PATIENT WAS LARGE AND NEEDLE WAS HARD TO FIND

Job description
Surgical Technologist Certified NE
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
862
Total hours worked
1338597
EIN
420680453
Establishment ID
940526
Employer case #
S2025-166
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
7:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03FEB26:19:27:00

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.