Spencer, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Spencer Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Spencer Hospital in 1200 First Ave East, Spencer, IA 51301 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Spencer Hospital
- Parent company
- Spencer Municipal Hospital
- Street
- 1200 First Ave East
- City
- Spencer
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 51301
- On-site location
- OR
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Had just finished suturing
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Needle stick
Object or substance involved
Suture Needle
Summary line
Needlestick Thumb Left Obj Sub: Suture Needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Technician
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 512
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 868,963
- Establishment ID
- 800981
- Employer case #
- SH-2023-00
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 15:20
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-01
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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