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OSHA Injury Report: Lester E. Cox Medical Centers

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Lester E. Cox Medical Centers in 3801 S. National Avenue, Springfield, MO 65807 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was physician in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Lester E. Cox Medical Centers
Parent company
Lester E. Cox Medical Centers
Street
3801 S. National Avenue
City
Springfield
State
MO
ZIP
65807
On-site location
CS-ED

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Trauma Surgery

What happened

nick with a scalpel while doing a thoracotomy on a patient coding in the trauma bay after sustaining a gunshot wound to the chest. Cut to left middle finger with the scalpel while trying to open the chest.

Injury or illness

Needlestick to L middle finger

Object or substance involved

Needle

Summary line

Knicked the [REDACTED] middle finger with scalpel opening chest

Employee and industry

Job description
physician
SOC code
29-1229 — Physicians, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
11485
Total hours worked
18228639
EIN
440577118
Establishment ID
1310288
Employer case #
381258

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
20:05
Filing year
2025
Submitted
11FEB26:01:10:00

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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.