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OSHA Injury Report: Buchanan County Health Center

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Buchanan County Health Center in Independence, IA 50644 resulted in days away from work. Employee was sterile Processing Tech 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
Sterile Room
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
14

Lifting instrument pan

Picking up Synthes tray strain to right upper arm

Strain to right upper arm shoulder

Synthes tray

Strain upper arm clavicle or scapula

Job description
Sterile Processing Tech
SOC code
31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
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 #
4
Date of incident
Shift started
9:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:00:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:20:51:00

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.