Cape Girardeau, MO —
OSHA Injury Report: Mercy Hospital Southeast
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau, MO 637015230 resulted in days away from work. Employee was specialty LPN in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mercy Hospital Southeast
- Parent company
- Mercy Health
- Street
- 1701 Lacey St
- City
- Cape Girardeau
- State
- MO
- ZIP
- 637015230
- On-site location
- GI LAB ROOM
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
obtaining IV access
What happened
Was attempting to insert IV into patient right fore arm. Seem to have hit a valve and the needle would not advance. Had another nurse attempt to flush the catheter while I attempted to float the catheter past the valve. The catheter slipped out of the vein while the other nurse was flushing causing a bloody mist into this nurses face.
Injury or illness
EXPOSURE
Object or substance involved
Patient 's Blood
Summary line
Attempting to insert IV into patient right forearm. Hit a valve and the needle would not advance. Another nurse attempt to flush the catheter while I attempted to float the catheter past the valve. The catheter slipped out of the vein and splashed worker.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Specialty LPN
- SOC code
- 29-2061 — Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 1200
- Total hours worked
- 2006784
- EIN
- 430654874
- Establishment ID
- 1328462
- Employer case #
- WCSEH1075
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 13:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 02MAR26:22:41:00
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.