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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 environmental Services 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
Ambulatory Surgery Public Corridor of Hospital
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Discussing next task with supervisor and tripped over cart

Tripped over cart & hit head on doorway. Received sutures to laceration

Laceration on top right of head

Doorway in Ambulatory Surgery

Tripped over end of cart hitting head on door frame

Job description
Environmental Services Worker
SOC code
37-2019 — Building Cleaning Workers, All Other
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 #
9
Date of incident
Shift started
10:55:00.000
Time of incident
18:35:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:21:47:00

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.