Festus, MO ·
OSHA Injury Report: Mercy Hospital Jefferson
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Mercy Hospital Jefferson in 1400 US Highway 61, Festus, MO 630284100 resulted in days away from work. Employee was RNWeekend in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mercy Hospital Jefferson
- Parent company
- Mercy Health
- Street
- 1400 US Highway 61
- City
- Festus
- State
- MO
- ZIP
- 630284100
- On-site location
- ED
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
De-escalating a patient
What happened
While trying to explain to the patient that BHS needs to re-evaluate the patient before leaving the ED patient looked at nurse and threw her bloody gauze in the nurses face. This resulted in hitting the nurse in the right upper cheek and R eye.
Injury or illness
All Other Specific Injuries NOC
Object or substance involved
BLOOD PRODUCT
Summary line
While trying to explain to the patient that BHS needs to re-evaluate the patient before leaving the ED patient looked at nurse and threw her bloody gauze in the nurses face. This resulted in hitting the nurse in the right upper cheek and R eye.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RNWeekend
- SOC code
- 31-1131: Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,437
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 2,364,440
- EIN
- 430687077
- Establishment ID
- 709154
- Employer case #
- WCJEF1067
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 14:25
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-03-03
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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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