Festus, MO —
OSHA Injury Report: Mercy Hospital Jefferson
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Mercy Hospital Jefferson in Festus, MO 630284100 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse 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
- Diagnostic cardio ground floor flex Stress testing room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
connecting patient to EKG BP monitor for patient stress test
What happened
Patient was sitting in chair next to stress treadmill worker connected patient to EKG leads and Blood pressure monitor. The CW went to take a step backward away from the patient. At that time the blood pressure cord caught on the back of her shoe causing her to fall backward. She reached behind with her left hand to catch herself causing her to land on her left hand and her bottom. As a result there was noted to be injury to the left wrist area requiring immediate medical attention.
Injury or illness
FRACTURE MULT
Object or substance involved
Blood pressure monitor cord
Summary line
Patient was sitting in chair next to stress treadmill tech connected patient to EKG leads and Blood pressure monitor and took a step backward away from the patient but the blood pressure cord caught her foot and she fell backward
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Registered Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- 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 #
- WC2025100
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 10:10
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03MAR26:04:22:00
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.