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OSHA Injury Report: St. Lukes Elmore Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at St. Lukes Elmore Medical Center in Mountain Home, ID 83647 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was physician Assistant PTO exempt in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.

Establishment
St. Lukes Elmore Medical Center
Parent company
St. Lukes Health System Ltd
Street
895 N 6th E
City
Mountain Home
State
ID
ZIP
83647
On-site location
Mountain Home Elmore Medical Center 009800895N6TH
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Giving a patient a shot

PA [REDACTED] was attempting to remove an insulin needle that was stuck in the upper right arm of patient 1497247. [REDACTED] was using a 27-gauge needle to administer lidocaine to the affected area on the patient. Patient moved during injection and [REDACTED] stuck the pad of left thumb with the needle. [REDACTED] washed the injured area twice with warm water and soap rinsed for two minutes under running water and saw employee health nurse [REDACTED] who happened to be working in our Elmore Urgent

Puncture

Contaminated needle

Puncture;Thumb;Contaminated needle

Job description
Physician Assistant PTO exempt
SOC code
29-1071 — Physician Assistants
NAICS code
622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
296
Total hours worked
456840
EIN
820161600
Establishment ID
1261953
Employer case #
WC2025000
Date of incident
Time of incident
15:43
Filing year
2025
Submitted
04FEB26:21:22:00

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.