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OSHA Injury Report: Mayo Clinic Health System-Eau Claire Hospital (Whipple)

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Mayo Clinic Health System-Eau Claire Hospital (Whipple) in Eau Claire, WI 54702 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was nURSE TECHNICIAN in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Mayo Clinic Health System-Eau Claire Hospital (Whipple)
Parent company
Mayo Clinic
Street
1221 Whipple Street
City
Eau Claire
State
WI
ZIP
54702
On-site location
Patient care room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Position reposition patient

I was a 1:1 and working with the patient 's nurse to move him I picked up his head to adjust the pillow and felt a sharp poke on left pinkie. When I removed my glove it had bled. Upon further inspection it was from a staple on a laceration.

Medical sharp contaminated to Finger Thumb

Patient

Medical sharp contaminated to Finger Thumb from Patient

Job description
NURSE TECHNICIAN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
3184
Total hours worked
4768035
EIN
390813418
Establishment ID
109262
Employer case #
444747
Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
21:15:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:16:49:00

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.