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OSHA Injury Report: Mercy Hospital Joplin

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Mercy Hospital Joplin in Joplin, MO 648044524 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was patient Care TechnicianPCT NonExempt in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.

Establishment
Mercy Hospital Joplin
Parent company
Mercy Health
Street
100 Mercy Way
City
Joplin
State
MO
ZIP
648044524
On-site location
6th floor trash chute
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

throwing trash down

Went to throw a trash bag down I opened the chute door and noticed there was a trash bag stuck so I push them both down.

Puncture

TRASH DOWN THE CHUTE

Went to throw a trash bag down I opened the chute door and noticed there was a trash bag stuck so I push them both down.

Job description
Patient Care TechnicianPCT NonExempt
SOC code
31-1132 — Orderlies
NAICS code
622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1587
Total hours worked
2623400
EIN
270814858
Establishment ID
709108
Employer case #
WC2025100
Date of incident
Shift started
13:00
Time of incident
14:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03MAR26:04:45:00

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.