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OSHA Injury Report: Newton Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Newton Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE in 204 NORTH 4TH AVENUE EAST, NEWTON, IA 50208 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lab Technologist Technician in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Newton Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE
Parent company
Trinity Health MERCYONE NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER
Street
204 NORTH 4TH AVENUE EAST
City
NEWTON
State
IA
ZIP
50208
On-site location
Patient Room

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Performing standard venipuncture on patient 's hand (dorsal side) with a butterfly to acquire blood for lab testing crouching at patient 's bedside.

What happened

NEEDLE STICK TO EMPLOYEE 'S LEFT THUMB WHILE DRAWING BLOOD FROM A PATIENT.

Injury or illness

Puncture

Object or substance involved

Cut Punctured Scrape Injured By Needle Stick

Summary line

When extracting butterfly from patient s hand during peripheral venipuncture lightly touched thumb of the hand anchoring the patient s vein Wiped with alcohol and then squeezed and thumb had a tiny amount of blood appear confirming the needlestick

Employee and industry

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
207
Total hours worked
296512
EIN
421470935
Establishment ID
1169332
Employer case #
0037W24179

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
15:00
Time of incident
21:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
28FEB2025:17:22:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.