Des Moines, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Select Specialty Hospital - Des Moines, Inc
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Select Specialty Hospital - Des Moines, Inc in 1111 6th Avenue, 4th Floor Main, Des Moines, IA 50314 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was staff Nurse in hospitals, specialty (except psychiatric, substance abuse).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Select Specialty Hospital - Des Moines, Inc
- Street
- 1111 6th Avenue, 4th Floor Main
- City
- Des Moines
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50314
- On-site location
- 4th floor
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Preparing medications
What happened
I am an agency nurse from Medpro International. I was giving the routine night medications for my patient 440 when I accidentally poke myself with a heparin needle right after giving it to my patient.
Injury or illness
Puncture - Right - Fingers(s)
Object or substance involved
Needle stick
Summary line
Needle Stick - Right - Fingers(s) - Needle stick
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Staff Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622310: Hospitals, specialty (except psychiatric, substance abuse)
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 92
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 131,791
- EIN
- 251855473
- Establishment ID
- 239959
- Employer case #
- 23-066749
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 21:45
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-21
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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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