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OSHA Injury Report: Gove County Medical Center

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Gove County Medical Center in 520 West 5th Street, Quinter, KS 67752 resulted in days away from work. Employee was eVS Technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Gove County Medical Center
Parent company
Gove County Medical Center
Street
520 West 5th Street
City
Quinter
State
KS
ZIP
67752
On-site location
Clinic Lobby

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1

Before the incident

Preparing to vacuum carpet.

What happened

As EE started to unwind the vacuum cord the plug-in of the cord got caught on the bottom cord hook of the vacuum cleaner. EE tugged on the cord causing it to release up and the metal prongs of the plug-in hit her right eye.

Injury or illness

Redness burning irritation and excessive watering of the right eye.

Object or substance involved

Plug-in of vacuum cleaner cord

Summary line

While unwinding vacuum cleaner cord plug of cord got caught on bottom cord hook of vacuum. When EE tugged on the cord it flew up and metal prongs hit her R eye. Redness burning & irritation.

Employee and industry

Job description
EVS Technician
SOC code
37-2019 — Building Cleaning Workers, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
155
Total hours worked
222055
EIN
486065840
Establishment ID
563950
Employer case #
3

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:17:00.000
Time of incident
6:15:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
17JAN24:20:35:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.