Minneapolis, MN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs in 5101 Minnehaha Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55417 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was general Maintenance Worker in nursing homes.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs
- Parent company
- Minneapolis Veterans Home
- Street
- 5101 Minnehaha Avenue South
- City
- Minneapolis
- State
- MN
- ZIP
- 55417
- On-site location
- Building 21-1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Going to janitorial closet
What happened
EE was walking towards the janitorial closet when he noticed something on the floor. Employee went to pick it up and it was a needle that resulted in getting a right thumb stick from the needle.
Injury or illness
right thumb needle stick-puncture
Object or substance involved
Used Insulin Needle
Summary line
[REDACTED] stick right thumb
Employee and industry
- Job description
- General Maintenance Worker
- SOC code
- 37-2011: Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
- NAICS code
- 623110: Nursing homes
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 522
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 939,708
- EIN
- 416007162
- Establishment ID
- 487547
- Employer case #
- 23-10
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 07:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-14
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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