Emmetsburg, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: Palo Alto County Health System
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Palo Alto County Health System in Emmetsburg, IA 50536 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lPN in health Care.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Palo Alto County Health System
- Parent company
- Palo Alto County Health System
- Street
- 3201 1st Street
- City
- Emmetsburg
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50536
- On-site location
- Family Practice Clinic Noth Patient Services Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Prior to calling the patient to the exam room to give the allergy injection she was answering messages from the providers and taking phone calls.
What happened
Employee had given the allergy injection and when she went to close the safety cap it slipped and she stuck her finger.
Injury or illness
Cut Puncture Laceration
Object or substance involved
Needlestick
Summary line
Punture to left hand second finger from needlestick
Employee and industry
- Job description
- LPN
- SOC code
- 29-2061 — Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Health Care
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 290
- Total hours worked
- 487126
- EIN
- 420455510
- Establishment ID
- 561751
- Employer case #
- R2023001
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:30:00.000
- Time of incident
- 17:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 04JAN24:19:17:00
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.