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OSHA Injury Report: Lafayette Regional Health Center

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Lafayette Regional Health Center in Lexington, MO 64067 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lab Medical Technologist in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Lafayette Regional Health Center
Parent company
Lafayette Regional Health Center/HCA
Street
1500 State Street
City
Lexington
State
MO
ZIP
64067
On-site location
ER
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Drawing blood using a butterfly needle on ER patient

After drawing blood on an ER patient using butterfly needle stuck left thumb with contaminated needle while attempting to slick the safety lock

Contaminated needlestick left thumb

Butterfly needle device

Contaminated needle stick left thumb

Job description
Lab Medical Technologist
SOC code
29-2011 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
255
Total hours worked
336129
EIN
481301817
Establishment ID
215953
Employer case #
6
Date of incident
Shift started
18:00
Time of incident
21:35
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03FEB26:20:23:00

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.