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OSHA Injury Report: Avera Sacred Heart Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, SD 57078 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was histotechnician in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital
Parent company
Avera Sacred Heart
Street
501 Summit
City
Yankton
State
SD
ZIP
57078
On-site location
Laboratory
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Disinfecting the cryostat.

Fly wheel was not locked allowing thumb to slide down over the blade.

Laceration; Hand-Right;

Microtome blade

Laceration; Hand-Right; Microtome blade

Job description
Histotechnician
SOC code
19-1042 — Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
499
Total hours worked
721655
EIN
460225483
Establishment ID
838150
Employer case #
SH2023-000
Date of incident
Shift started
7:30:00.000
Time of incident
12:30:00.000
Submitted
16FEB24:16:38:00

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.