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OSHA Injury Report: Avera Queen of Peace Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Avera Queen of Peace Hospital in Mitchell, SD 57301 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was phlebotomist in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Avera Queen of Peace Hospital
Parent company
Avera
Street
525 N Foster
City
Mitchell
State
SD
ZIP
57301
On-site location
Emergency Department
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Drawing the patients blood

Drawing blood from pt right antecubital vein with a green 21 gauge butterfly needle. One nurse was holding his shoulder and another was holding his wrist area to prevent him from moving. I was switching blood tubes out when the patient twisted his arm and needle came out of his vein and landed on my right hand by my thumb. Needle stuck me through my glove near the base of my thumb.

Needle Stick; Hand-Right

Needle

Needle Stick; Hand-Right; --needle

Job description
Phlebotomist
SOC code
31-9097 — Phlebotomists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
339
Total hours worked
542384
EIN
460224604
Establishment ID
109382
Employer case #
AQ2023-000
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:47:00.000
Submitted
08FEB24:19:52:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.