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OSHA Injury Report: Buchanan County Health Center

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Buchanan County Health Center in Independence, IA 50644 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was laundry Worker in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Buchanan County Health Center
Parent company
Peoples Memorial Hospital
Street
1600 1st St E
City
Independence
State
IA
ZIP
50644
On-site location
Laboratory staff lounge
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Picking up laundry

Picked up needle from floor and poked right hand

Needlestick poke

Needle

puncture right hand

Job description
Laundry Worker
SOC code
51-6011 — Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
337
Total hours worked
898776
EIN
420737498
Establishment ID
1170296
Employer case #
3
Date of incident
Shift started
4:00:00.000
Time of incident
4:45:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:20:28:00

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.