Jefferson, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: Greene County Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Greene County Medical Center in Jefferson, IA 50129 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Greene County Medical Center
- Parent company
- Greene County Medical Center
- Street
- 1000 West Lincoln Way
- City
- Jefferson
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50129
- On-site location
- Medication Room Emergency Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Wasting medication in the cactus sink.
What happened
Employee was disposing medication into the cactus as per protocol. Previously an employee did not follow the procedure and put a needle in the cactus instead of a sharp container. This lead to employee getting stuck by the needle.
Injury or illness
Needle stick.
Object or substance involved
Needle not disposed of in the sharps container082320
Summary line
Needle in Cactus medication disposal sink stabbed employee when disposing medication.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 202
- Total hours worked
- 329956
- Establishment ID
- 1147080
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30:00.000
- Time of incident
- 11:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 28FEB24:23:04:00
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.