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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 nurse RN LPN LVN 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)

scrubbing in surgery

Left hand puncture while removing cover from trocar during surgery

Cut Punctured Scrape Injured By Needle Stick

Trocar

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

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
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
10:30:00.000
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.