Independence, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Buchanan County Health Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Buchanan County Health Center in 1600 1st St E, Independence, IA 50644 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was laundry Worker in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Picking up laundry
What happened
Picked up needle from floor and poked right hand
Injury or illness
Needlestick poke
Object or substance involved
Needle
Summary line
puncture right hand
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Laundry Worker
- SOC code
- 51-6011: Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 337
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 898,776
- EIN
- 420737498
- Establishment ID
- 1170296
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 04:00
- Time of incident
- 04:45
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-28
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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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