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OSHA Injury Report: Spencer Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Spencer Hospital in Spencer, IA 51301 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was laboratory Technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Spencer Hospital
Parent company
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Street
1200 First Ave East
City
Spencer
State
IA
ZIP
51301
On-site location
Med Surg
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Drawing blood from a patient

While activating the safety device on the needle the needle slipped and punctured the left index finger

Exposure--Body Fluid

Dirty needle butterfly

Needlestick Finger 1st (index) Left Obj Sub: Dirty Needle Butterfly

Job description
Laboratory Technician
SOC code
29-2012 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
512
Total hours worked
868963
Establishment ID
800981
Employer case #
SH-2023-00
Date of incident
Shift started
5:45:00.000
Time of incident
19:00:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:17:22:00

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.