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OSHA Injury Report: Des Moines Methodist Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Des Moines Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, IA 50309 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was nuclear Medicine Technologist Lead NE in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Des Moines Methodist Hospital
Parent company
UnityPoint Health-Des Moines
Street
1200 Pleasant St
City
Des Moines
State
IA
ZIP
50309
On-site location
Room 1 Nuclear Medicine imaging room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Dropping IV tubing into a sharp 's container.

I was dropping IV tubing into a sharp 's container and my finger was pricked by a hidden TB needle syringe that was laying across the top of the lid.

Contaminated Sharp Exposure Blood Bodily Fluid FingerRing - Right

Unknown needle stick exposure

I was dropping IV tubing into a sharp 's container and my finger was pricked by a hidden TB needle syringe that was laying across the top of the lid.

Job description
Nuclear Medicine Technologist Lead NE
SOC code
29-2034 — Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
3536
Total hours worked
5442747
EIN
420680452
Establishment ID
940507
Employer case #
S2025-177
Date of incident
Shift started
7:30
Time of incident
10:25
Filing year
2025
Submitted
05FEB26:15:24:00

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.