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OSHA Injury Report: IA,Sheldon-Medical Center-General Medical and Surgical Hospitals

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at IA,Sheldon-Medical Center-General Medical and Surgical Hospitals in Sheldon, IA 51201 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was nurse Practitioner Family Medicine Ambulatory in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
IA,Sheldon-Medical Center-General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
Parent company
Sanford Health
Street
118 N 7th Ave
City
Sheldon
State
IA
ZIP
51201
On-site location
Home Department
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Cyst removal. Suturing patient after removal. On the last stitch the needle punctured my left hand pointer finger.

Needle puncture exposure. Needle was covered in the patients blood.

Left hand pointer finger

Bloody needle

Sharp Object Bld Bdy Exp-Suture Needle

Job description
Nurse Practitioner Family Medicine Ambulatory
SOC code
29-1171 — Nurse Practitioners
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
248
Total hours worked
340206
Establishment ID
999181
Employer case #
25-4274
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
17:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
01MAR26:20:44:00

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.