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 3201 1st Street, Emmetsburg, IA 50536 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was RN 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
- Trauma 1 in ER
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
ER intake on a patient
What happened
Overseeing a nursing student start and IV. The student did not retract the needle after IV insertion and accidently poked employee 's right hand middle and ring finger.
Injury or illness
Cut Puncture Laceration to middle and ring finger on the right hand
Object or substance involved
needlestick
Summary line
Puncture to right middle finger and ring finger from needlestick
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: Health Care
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 290
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 487,126
- EIN
- 420455510
- Establishment ID
- 561751
- Employer case #
- R2023010
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 12:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-04
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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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