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 medical Staff Physician Resident 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
removing old suture
What happened
needle stick to left thumb while retracting with left hand to suture with right.
Injury or illness
Cut Punctured Scrape Injured By Needle Stick
Object or substance involved
Suture needle
Summary line
PA was suturing and attempted to remove an old suture with pick ups while holding loaded needle driver in right hand Used left hand to retract tissue and accidentally stuck left thumb Suture and instrumentation was removed from field immediately
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 15:00:00.000
- 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.