AURORA, MO —
OSHA Injury Report: MERCY HOSPITAL AURORA
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at MERCY HOSPITAL AURORA in AURORA, MO 65605 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was pATIENT CARE ASSOCIATE in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- MERCY HOSPITAL AURORA
- Parent company
- MERCY HEALTH
- Street
- 500 PORTER AVE
- City
- AURORA
- State
- MO
- ZIP
- 65605
- On-site location
- PATIENT ROOM
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Answering bed alarm; picking up lunch tray
What happened
When I went to pick up the patient 's lunch tray I didn 't notice the patient 's insulin pump facing upside down on his tray table and my thumb touched it as I picked up the lunch tray.
Injury or illness
NEEDLESTICK PUNCTURE TO THUMB
Object or substance involved
NEEDLE
Summary line
PUNCTURE- FINGER
Employee and industry
- Job description
- PATIENT CARE ASSOCIATE
- SOC code
- 31-1132 — Orderlies
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 186
- Total hours worked
- 274045
- EIN
- 202553101
- Establishment ID
- 735553
- Employer case #
- EV20231579
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30:00.000
- Time of incident
- 0:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 01MAR24:04:37:00
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.