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OSHA Injury Report: Mercy Hospital Springfield

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Mercy Hospital Springfield in Springfield, MO 658042203 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.

Establishment
Mercy Hospital Springfield
Parent company
Mercy Health
Street
1235 E Cherokee St
City
Springfield
State
MO
ZIP
658042203
On-site location
PATIENT ROOM ON UNIT 4E
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Working

Upon looking through the room I found sterile instruments in the sink. I picked the instruments up to clean per unit policy. I did not see that the one needle driver still had a hooked needle in it. When I picked up the instruments the needle poked through my glove and broke the skin on my left hand. The instruments appear to be from a chest tube insertion tray.

Puncture

Needlestick exposure left hand.

Needlestick exposure left hand.

Job description
Registered Nurse
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
4754
Total hours worked
7559825
EIN
440552485
Establishment ID
696420
Employer case #
WC2025100
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
11:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27FEB26:23:33:00

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.