Audubon, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: Audubon County Memorial Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, IA 50025 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Audubon County Memorial Hospital
- Parent company
- Audubon County Memorial Hospital & Clinics
- Street
- 515 Pacific Ave Ste 1
- City
- Audubon
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50025
- On-site location
- Operating Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
She was the scrub nurse in surgical breast procedure.
What happened
Nurse was standing too close to surgeon during procedure and her hand was in close proximity of the needle. When surgeon was suturing to pull the stitch closed the needle was pointed in her direction and her hand was too close in proximity and it punctured through her glove and broke skin on her left index finger at the knuckle.
Injury or illness
Needlestick left index finger at knuckle.
Object or substance involved
Suture needle
Summary line
Needle stick right index finger at the knuckle.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Registered Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 104
- Total hours worked
- 175873
- EIN
- 426037854
- Establishment ID
- 812459
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 11:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 17JAN24:20:42:00
Source
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.