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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 rN 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
Obstetrics
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Administering Vitamin K injection to infant

RN finished administering injection to infant and attempted to engage needle safety feature. Needle didn 't go straight into the safety feature and instead curved around it. It was at this time that RN 's left thumb was stuck with the needle.

Needle Stick; Finger1-Thumb Left;

Needle

Needle Stick; Finger1-Thumb Left; --Needle

Job description
RN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
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
6:52:00.000
Time of incident
6:53:00.000
Submitted
08FEB24:20:04:00

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.