Joplin, MO ·
OSHA Injury Report: Mercy Hospital Joplin
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Mercy Hospital Joplin in 100 Mercy Way, Joplin, MO 648044524 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lab Support Technician II in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mercy Hospital Joplin
- Parent company
- Mercy Health
- Street
- 100 Mercy Way
- City
- Joplin
- State
- MO
- ZIP
- 648044524
- On-site location
- BIRTHING FLOOR PATIENT ROOM
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
disposing sharps in sharp container
What happened
I was disposing my sharps in the sharp container in the Pt 's room and when I went open the door of container there was a 25 gauge butterfly needle laying on the door without safety engaged needle stuck right ring finger and blood was expressed
Injury or illness
Puncture
Object or substance involved
BUTTERFLY NEEDLE
Summary line
I was disposing my sharps in the sharp container in the Pt 's room and when I went open the door of container there was a 25 gauge butterfly needle laying on the door without safety engaged needle stuck right ring finger and blood was expressed
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Lab Support Technician II
- SOC code
- 29-2012: Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
- NAICS code
- 622110: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,587
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 2,623,400
- EIN
- 270814858
- Establishment ID
- 709108
- Employer case #
- WC2025100
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 03:00
- Time of incident
- 10:49
- 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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