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 rN 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
- patient room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Finishing up completing multiple care related items for a patient and gave a lovenox injection
What happened
After taking out the needle and noticed patient was bleeding employee went to wipe off the blood and accidently poked herself with the lovenox needle. It was not activated to retract the needle.
Injury or illness
Contaminated Sharp Exposure Blood Bodily Fluid FingerIndex - Left
Object or substance involved
needle stick
Summary line
After taking out the needle and noticed patient was bleeding employee went to wipe off the blood and accidently poked herself with the lovenox needle. It was not activated to retract the needle.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN NE
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- 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 #
- S2025-187
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 0:00
- 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.