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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 lab Technologist Technician 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
Patient Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Drawing blood

needle stick to left index finger after using butterfly to draw blood before engaging safety

Cut Punctured Scrape Injured By Needle Stick

Butterly needle

While drawing blood butterfly needle was taken out of patient and scratched left ring finger

Job description
Lab Technologist Technician
SOC code
29-2012 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
410
Total hours worked
852800
Establishment ID
1210006
Employer case #
0036W23170
Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
19:30:00.000
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.