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
scrubbing in surgery
What happened
Left hand puncture while removing cover from trocar during surgery
Injury or illness
Cut Punctured Scrape Injured By Needle Stick
Object or substance involved
Trocar
Summary line
While trying to remove a tightly placed cover from a sharp drain trocar when the cover finally pulled away my hand came back and hit the sharp point of the trocar between my thumb and pointer finger on my left hand
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 #
- 0036W23168
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30:00.000
- Time of incident
- 10:30:00.000
- 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.