Exposure through medical injection · Multiple poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ST. LUKES MAGIC VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, 650 ADDISON AVENUE WEST, TWIN FALLS, IDAHO 83301
on — Multiple poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee had an adverse response to a flu shot, suffering a headache and shortness of breath.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSVaccines
More severe injuries at ST. LUKES MAGIC VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
An employee was replacing a clean privacy curtain in an isolation room and fell approximately seven feet off an A-frame ladder onto the floor. The employee suffered head trauma.
An employee was preparing to vaccinate sows using a needle-free injection gun. The gun engaged and injected the employee's left palm. The employee experienced an allergic reaction.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.
An employee was diagnosing the lack of flow of product to a powder bin. The employee removed the rotary star valve below the bin. While he was reinstalling the valve, his right middle finger was crushed between its shaft and its housing. The finger was partially amputated.
An employee was standing on a multi-purpose ladder installing head flashing over a window. Their feet were approximately 6 feet off the ground and three rungs from the top. The employee lost their grip on the drill they were using and the ladder tipped over. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground, resulting in a fractured left wrist, bruised chest, and lacerations to their face and lip.
An employee was inspecting the overhead area of a single-person lift and repositioning the lift through a double doorway. As they were transitioning through the doorway, they were caught between the doorframe and the vertical mast of the lift. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the nose, left maxillary sinus, left orbital bone, and left jaw, with fractures at the maxillary sinus area.
An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.