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OSHA Injury Report: Mercy Hospital Fort Smith

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Mercy Hospital Fort Smith in FORT SMITH, AR 729034100 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was spec Proc Tech IIIR in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.

Establishment
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith
Parent company
Mercy Health
Street
7301 Rogers Ave
City
FORT SMITH
State
AR
ZIP
729034100
On-site location
Interventional Radiology Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

nephrostomy tube placement

dirty needle stick another person was scrubbing case and [REDACTED] relieved them and they left needle out of block was placing drape into trash and the misplaced needle poked [REDACTED] in the right hand at the base of the pinky finger

EXPOSURE

needle

another person was scrubbing case and [REDACTED] relieved them and they left needle out of block was placing drape into trash and the misplaced needle poked [REDACTED] in the right hand at the base of the pinky finger

Job description
Spec Proc Tech IIIR
SOC code
29-2099 — Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
2269
Total hours worked
3691220
EIN
710240352
Establishment ID
708040
Employer case #
WC2025100
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
15:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03MAR26:03:55:00

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.