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OSHA Injury Report: Greene County Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Greene County Medical Center in 1000 West Lincoln Way, Jefferson, IA 50129 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN in general medical and surgical hospitals.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Greene County Medical Center
Parent company
Greene County Medical Center
Street
1000 West Lincoln Way
City
Jefferson
State
IA
ZIP
50129
On-site location
Medication Room Emergency Department

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Wasting medication in the cactus sink.

What happened

Employee was disposing medication into the cactus as per protocol. Previously an employee did not follow the procedure and put a needle in the cactus instead of a sharp container. This lead to employee getting stuck by the needle.

Injury or illness

Needle stick.

Object or substance involved

Needle not disposed of in the sharps container082320

Summary line

Needle in Cactus medication disposal sink stabbed employee when disposing medication.

Employee and industry

Job description
RN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
202
Total hours worked
329956
Establishment ID
1147080
Employer case #
4

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
11:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
28FEB24:23:04:00

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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.