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OSHA Injury Report: Good Shepherd Geriatric Center

Other illness · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an other illness at Good Shepherd Geriatric Center in 302 2nd ST NE, Mason City, IA 50401 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was resident Aide in nursing homes.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Good Shepherd Geriatric Center
Parent company
Good Shepherd Geriatric Center
Street
302 2nd ST NE
City
Mason City
State
IA
ZIP
50401
On-site location
KR Room 209

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Other illness (code 6)

Before the incident

Employee was helping administer scheduled insulin to tenant.

What happened

Tenant administered insulin to herself and handed pen back to [REDACTED] to have needle removed. The needle slipped and poked [REDACTED] in left thumb.

Injury or illness

insulin needle poked left thumb

Object or substance involved

insulin needle poked left thumb

Summary line

Stuck with needle when tenant handed insulin pen to employee so that she could remove the needle. The needle slipped and poked employee in L thumb

Employee and industry

Job description
Resident Aide
SOC code
31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
NAICS code
623110 — Nursing homes
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
244
Total hours worked
316075
EIN
420725236
Establishment ID
1169762
Employer case #
46227

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
11:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
28FEB2025:22:23:00

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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.