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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 [PII REMOVED] 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
Wound Center
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Apply calmoseptine to periwound of patient 's left hip

Applicator got hung up on suture then released flinging calmoseptine wound drainage off application into left eye

Fluids in eye

Fluid drainage

wound drainage flung fluid off applicator into left eye

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
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:00:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:21:38:00

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.