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OSHA Injury Report: Palo Alto County Health System

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Palo Alto County Health System in Emmetsburg, IA 50536 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN in health Care.

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
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

ER intake on a patient

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.

Cut Puncture Laceration to middle and ring finger on the right hand

needlestick

Puncture to right middle finger and ring finger from needlestick

Job description
RN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Health Care
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
290
Total hours worked
487126
EIN
420455510
Establishment ID
561751
Employer case #
R2023010
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
12:00:00.000
Submitted
04JAN24:19:46:00

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.