Cherokee, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: DHS-Cherokee Mental Health Institute
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at DHS-Cherokee Mental Health Institute in Cherokee, IA 51012 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse in psychiatric hospitals (except convalescent).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- DHS-Cherokee Mental Health Institute
- Parent company
- DHS
- Street
- 1251 West Cedar Loop
- City
- Cherokee
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 51012
- On-site location
- North 9
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Sitting at a table
What happened
Patient walked up to employee and starting hitting her repeatedly in the head. Injured right middle finger while trying to block being hit.
Injury or illness
Inflammation of right middle finger
Object or substance involved
Patient 's fist
Summary line
Injured right middle finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Registered Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622210 — Psychiatric hospitals (except convalescent)
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 178
- Total hours worked
- 252717
- EIN
- 426004371
- Establishment ID
- 155501
- Employer case #
- 25-003
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:45
- Time of incident
- 2:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27FEB26:15:20:00
Source
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.