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 Independence, IA 50644 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was [PII REMOVED] 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
- Wound Center
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Apply calmoseptine to periwound of patient 's left hip
What happened
Applicator got hung up on suture then released flinging calmoseptine wound drainage off application into left eye
Injury or illness
Fluids in eye
Object or substance involved
Fluid drainage
Summary line
wound drainage flung fluid off applicator into left eye
Employee and industry
- Job description
- [PII REMOVED]
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- 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 #
- 8
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 11:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 28FEB24:21:38:00
Source
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.