Aberdeen, SD ·
OSHA Injury Report: SD,Aberdeen-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals
Respiratory condition · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , a respiratory condition at SD,Aberdeen-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals in 2905 3rd Ave SE, Aberdeen, SD 57401 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was pathology Technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Parent company
- Sanford Health
- Street
- 2905 3rd Ave SE
- City
- Aberdeen
- State
- SD
- ZIP
- 57401
- On-site location
- Home Department lab
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Respiratory condition (code 3)
Before the incident
Opening container with formalin and vapors breathed in; became symptomatic
What happened
She was opening a pathology transfer bucket to remove the slide holder and get it put to storage however the pathology bucket had a lot of formalin that had spilled from sending the speicmen to [REDACTED]. The formalin had been sitting in the bucket overnight had concentrated. When she opened the bucket she breathed in all of the fumes.
Injury or illness
Respiratory
Object or substance involved
Formalin and vapors
Summary line
Chemical Chemo-Chemical
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Pathology Technician
- SOC code
- 29-2012: Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 498
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 727,942
- Establishment ID
- 1011132
- Employer case #
- 25-3673
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 09:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-03-02
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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