West Des Moines, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: West Des Moines Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at West Des Moines Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE in West Des Moines, IA 50266 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was nurse RN LPN LVN in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- West Des Moines Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE
- Parent company
- MercyOne West Des Moines
- Street
- 1755 59th Place
- City
- West Des Moines
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50266
- On-site location
- Surgical Services Operating Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
passing instruments to surgeon
What happened
RN was loading a suture needle onto the driver and needle poked through the package causing her to stick her left index finger.
Injury or illness
Cut Punctured Scrape Injured By Needle Stick
Object or substance involved
Suture needle
Summary line
Near the end of the surg case I loaded a suture needle onto a needle driver The needle poked through the suture package and poked my left pointer finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Nurse RN LPN LVN
- SOC code
- 29-2061 — Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 410
- Total hours worked
- 852800
- Establishment ID
- 1210006
- Employer case #
- 0036W23166
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30:00.000
- Time of incident
- 12:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 02MAR24:00:16:00
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.