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OSHA Injury Report: Community Blood Center of the Ozarks

Other illness · Other recordable case

On , an other illness at Community Blood Center of the Ozarks in Springfield, MO 65810 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was donor Specialist II in blood banks.

Establishment
Community Blood Center of the Ozarks
Parent company
Community Blood Center of the Ozarks
Street
220 W. Plainview Road
City
Springfield
State
MO
ZIP
65810
On-site location
Donor Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Other illness (code 6)

Removing a 16-gauge needle from a blood donor 's arm.

Employee reported that the needle guard did not fully cover the needle. The needle punctured the employee 's glove and stuck her right thumb.

Exposure to another person 's blood. (Which was later tested and found to be negative for common infectious diseases.)

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Job description
Donor Specialist II
SOC code
43-9199 — Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
NAICS code
621991 — Blood banks
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
152
Total hours worked
273894
EIN
431720170
Establishment ID
1003305
Employer case #
8
Date of incident
Shift started
5:05:00.000
Time of incident
9:48:00.000
Submitted
19FEB24:22:36:00

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.