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OSHA Injury Report: Iowa Donor Network - Altoona

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Iowa Donor Network - Altoona in Altoona, IA 50009 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was organ Recovery Coordinator in organ donor centers, body.

Establishment
Iowa Donor Network - Altoona
Parent company
Iowa Donor Network
Street
320 Adventureland Drive NW
City
Altoona
State
IA
ZIP
50009
On-site location
UPH Methodist Des Moines
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Inserting a retractor into the donor 's abdomen

She was assisting surgeon during recovery process. When placing the abdominal retractor she was using tension to get the retractor in place with the surgeon. Her hand slipped and her thumb hit the spiked portion of the retractor which resulted in a laceration.

Laceration to the right thumb

Retractor

Laceration to the right thumb while placing an abdominal retractor.

Job description
Organ Recovery Coordinator
SOC code
43-9199 — Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
NAICS code
621991 — Organ donor centers, body
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
124
Total hours worked
208064
EIN
421414092
Establishment ID
275980
Employer case #
4
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Time of incident
22:05:00.000
Submitted
23JAN24:14:40:00

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.