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OSHA Injury Report: Mercy Hospital Jefferson

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Mercy Hospital Jefferson in Festus, MO 630284100 resulted in days away from work. Employee was rNWeekend in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.

Establishment
Mercy Hospital Jefferson
Parent company
Mercy Health
Street
1400 US Highway 61
City
Festus
State
MO
ZIP
630284100
On-site location
ED
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1

De-escalating a patient

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.

All Other Specific Injuries NOC

BLOOD PRODUCT

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.

Job description
RNWeekend
SOC code
31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
NAICS code
622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1437
Total hours worked
2364440
EIN
430687077
Establishment ID
709154
Employer case #
WCJEF1067
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
14:25
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03MAR26:04:22:00

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.