Independence, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: Buchanan County Health Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Buchanan County Health Center in Independence, IA 50644 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sterile Processing Tech in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Buchanan County Health Center
- Parent company
- Peoples Memorial Hospital
- Street
- 1600 1st St E
- City
- Independence
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50644
- On-site location
- Clean Utility
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
while drying [REDACTED] pin air from the dryer caused it to dislodge from the tray and into R index finger
What happened
Was blowing and implant tray dry & air blew needle into right index finger
Injury or illness
needle stick
Object or substance involved
Needle
Summary line
while drying [REDACTED] pin air from the dryer caused it to dislodge from the tray and into R index finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sterile Processing Tech
- SOC code
- 31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 356
- Total hours worked
- 496521
- EIN
- 420737498
- Establishment ID
- 1170296
- Employer case #
- 6899
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 8:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27FEB26:20:29:00
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.