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OSHA Injury Report: 14030001-140309 MERCYONE WEST DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at 14030001-140309 MERCYONE WEST DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER in West Des Moines, IA 50266 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was nE ENT Dr in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
14030001-140309 MERCYONE WEST DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER
Parent company
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center
Street
1755 59th Place
City
West Des Moines
State
IA
ZIP
50266
On-site location
WL OR #1
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Removing drapes at the end of the surgical case off the patient 's head and was poked by one of the staples used to hold drape in place.

While removing drapes a staple stuck left hand

Puncture Left Hand Needle stick surgical staple

surgical staple

Stuck by a staple that was used on the patient.

Job description
NE ENT Dr
SOC code
29-1229 — Physicians, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
194
Total hours worked
291719
Establishment ID
1169730
Employer case #
4957780
Date of incident
Shift started
7:30:00.000
Time of incident
15:30:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:23:29:00

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.