Carthage, MO —
OSHA Injury Report: Mercy Hospital Carthage
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Mercy Hospital Carthage in Carthage, MO 648367402 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was advanced Certified Medical Assistant in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mercy Hospital Carthage
- Parent company
- Mercy Health
- Street
- 3125 Dr Russell Smith Way
- City
- Carthage
- State
- MO
- ZIP
- 648367402
- On-site location
- MEDICAL SURGICAL UNIT PATIENT ROOM
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Working through a Rapid response
What happened
During a Rapid Response the patient was moving a lot. RT was trying to draw ABGs and having a hard time. RT tried on one arm then moved to the other arm with the same uncapped needle and when feeling on patients arm the RT punctured my Rt Middle Finger
Injury or illness
Puncture
Object or substance involved
uncapped contaminated needle
Summary line
During a Rapid Response the patient was moving a lot. RT was trying to draw ABGs and having a hard time. RT tried on one arm then moved to the other arm with the same uncapped needle and when feeling on patients arm the RT punctured my Rt Middle Finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Advanced Certified Medical Assistant
- SOC code
- 31-9092 — Medical Assistants
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 9:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03MAR26:03:17:00
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.