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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 surgical 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
OR
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Had just finished suturing

Employee was suturing for closure of a patient 's incision. He finished the closure and the suture was cut so that he could place it in his needle magnet. As he was in the process of placing suture needle in the needle magnet the needle accidently punctured his gloving---poking his left thumb.

Needle stick

Suture Needle

Needlestick Thumb Left Obj Sub: Suture Needle

Job description
Surgical Technician
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
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
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
15:20:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:21:02:00

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.