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OSHA Injury Report: Mercy Specialty Hospital SE KS

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Mercy Specialty Hospital SE KS in Galena, KS 66739 resulted in days away from work. Employee was instrument Technician III in specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals.

Establishment
Mercy Specialty Hospital SE KS
Parent company
Mercy Health
Street
1619 W 7th St
City
Galena
State
KS
ZIP
66739
On-site location
DECONTAMINATION ROOM
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1

Cleaning Dirty Instruments from a surgery

I was at the sink cleaning the dirty instruments and went to put it in the dirty pan. A coworker came up on the side of me to put more dirty instruments in the dirty sink and hit my hand on accident. It caused me to stab my right hand. I was wearing decontamination PPE.

Laceration

Dirty sharp instrument

At the sink cleaning the dirty instruments and went to put it in the dirty pan. A coworker came up on the side of me to put more dirty instruments in the dirty sink and hit my hand on accident. It caused me to stab my right hand. I was wearing decon gear

Job description
Instrument Technician III
SOC code
49-9069 — Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other
NAICS code
622310 — Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
131
Total hours worked
206544
EIN
440552485
Establishment ID
1020645
Employer case #
WCMHM1066
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
15:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03MAR26:14:45:00

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.