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OSHA Injury Report: Cherokee Regional Medical Center

Other illness · Other recordable case

On , an other illness at Cherokee Regional Medical Center in Cherokee, IA 51012 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sPEECH THERAPIST in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Cherokee Regional Medical Center
Street
300 Sioux Valley Drive
City
Cherokee
State
IA
ZIP
51012
On-site location
SPEECH ROOM
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Other illness (code 6)

WORKING WITH A PATIENT

THE EMPLOYEE WAS BITTEN AFTER PATIENT HAS BECOME AGGRESSIVE DUE TO LACK OF UNDERSTANDING

BITE CAUSING PUNCTURED SKIN

TEETH BODILY FLUIDS

EMPLOYEE WAS BITTEN BY PATIENT AND HAND AN OPEN WOUND

Job description
SPEECH THERAPIST
SOC code
29-1127 — Speech-Language Pathologists
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
302
Total hours worked
559048
EIN
420707096
Establishment ID
1002944
Employer case #
E27054
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Submitted
14FEB24:19:50:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.