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OSHA Injury Report: Sartori Memoral Hospital-MHN-IA

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Sartori Memoral Hospital-MHN-IA in 515 College St, Cedar Falls, IA 50613 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was technician Non Clinical in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Sartori Memoral Hospital-MHN-IA
Parent company
MercyOne
Street
515 College St
City
Cedar Falls
State
IA
ZIP
50613
On-site location
Parking Lot Sidewalk

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

retrieving trash bags

What happened

BBF exposure puncture wound with to left palm of hand when picking up trash bag from big container in OR that had bones in it from an unknown patient.

Injury or illness

Puncture Including Human Animal Insect Bite Sting Needlesticks

Object or substance involved

Contaminated Needle Stick or Other Contaminated Sharps

Summary line

Trash bags from Operating room go in a big container I wheeled it outside and took bags out of container one by one to throw into trash compactor While I was tossing one bag into the compactor something poked me

Employee and industry

Job description
Technician Non Clinical
SOC code
29-2099 — Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
181
Total hours worked
245484
EIN
421264647
Establishment ID
563342
Employer case #
MH20W2519

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
11:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03FEB26:13:45:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.