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OSHA Injury Report: West Des Moines Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE

Injury · Other recordable case

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 medical Staff Physician Resident in general medical and surgical hospitals.

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

Operating

needle stick to L2 digit while injecting local during surgery with a #21 G needle

Cut Punctured Scrape Injured By Needle Stick

21g needle

Injecting local anesthesia and poked L2 digit with 21G needle

Job description
Medical Staff Physician Resident
SOC code
29-1229 — Physicians, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
410
Total hours worked
852800
Establishment ID
1210006
Employer case #
0036W23167
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:00:00.000
Submitted
02MAR24:00:16:00

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.