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OSHA Injury Report: Mercy Hospital Carthage

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Mercy Hospital Carthage in Carthage, MO 648367402 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was licensed Practical Nurse in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.

Establishment
Mercy Hospital Carthage
Parent company
Mercy Health
Street
3125 Dr Russell Smith Way
City
Carthage
State
MO
ZIP
648367402
On-site location
PATIENT ROOM
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Administering heparin shot

I was administering a heparin shot i thought i had initiated the safety mechanism on the needle and i didnt. so when i went to throw it in the sharps i scraped my finger over it.

Puncture

Safety needle

I was administering a heparin shot i thought i had initiated the safety mechanism on the needle and i didnt. so when i went to throw it in the sharps i scraped my finger over it.

Job description
Licensed Practical Nurse
SOC code
29-2061 — Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
285
Total hours worked
444974
EIN
453808607
Establishment ID
734800
Employer case #
WC2025100
Date of incident
Shift started
20:35
Time of incident
20:35
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03MAR26:03:17:00

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.