Des Moines, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
DOING A ROBOTIC [REDACTED] REPAIR USING MESH AND NEEDLES TO TIE IN MESH
What happened
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
Injury or illness
Abrasion Cut Puncture Contaminated Sharp FingerIndex - Left
Object or substance involved
Contaminated Needle
Summary line
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
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 7:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03FEB26:19:27:00
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.