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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 eVSLinen Technician 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
Off Premises OFF
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Picking up biohazard bag

[REDACTED] reported that while tying a red biohazard bag it slipped from her hands. She attempted to catch the bag with her right hand and felt pokes. She then used her left hand to pull the bag away from her right hand at which point she felt additional pokes to her left hand. [REDACTED] released the red biohazard bag allowing it to fall to the ground. After the bag was on the ground [REDACTED] opened it and observed that it contained multiple needles.

Puncture

Contaminated needle

Puncture;HandHandFingersFingers;Contaminated needle

Job description
EVSLinen Technician
SOC code
29-2099 — Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
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
17:00
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.