Fort Smith, AR —
OSHA Injury Report: Mercy Ortho Hospital River Valley
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Mercy Ortho Hospital River Valley in Fort Smith, AR 729036250 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was physician in specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mercy Ortho Hospital River Valley
- Parent company
- Mercy Health
- Street
- 3601 S 79th St
- City
- Fort Smith
- State
- AR
- ZIP
- 729036250
- On-site location
- Mercy Sports Medicine Clinic on 79th St in procedure room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Performing left knee injection.
What happened
When attempting to employ the needle guard after the injection the needle penetrated my left thumb superficially causing some bleeding.
Injury or illness
Puncture
Object or substance involved
needle
Summary line
When attempting to employ the needle guard after the injection the needle penetrated my left thumb superficially causing some bleeding.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Physician
- SOC code
- 29-1229 — Physicians, All Other
- NAICS code
- 622310 — Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 120
- Total hours worked
- 249600
- EIN
- 300584463
- Establishment ID
- 1479365
- Employer case #
- WC2025100
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:55
- Time of incident
- 9:40
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03MAR26:05:43:00
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.