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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 environmental Services worker 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
Outside dumpster

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Putting trash in the dumpster.

What happened

Employee was taking the garbage out on her normal routine as all EVS employees do while throwing out the garbage Employee had noticed a glove on the ground and was going to throw it away. When she bent down to pick it up while bringing her head back up she hit her head on the metal edge of the dumpster.

Injury or illness

Hit head on dumpster

Object or substance involved

Dumpster

Summary line

Employee was bending down to pick up a glove on the ground and when she stood she hit her head on the dumpster.

Employee and industry

Job description
Environmental Services worker
SOC code
37-2019 — Building Cleaning Workers, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
202
Total hours worked
329956
Establishment ID
1147080
Employer case #
6

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
15:00:00.000
Time of incident
15:39:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
28FEB24:23:35:00

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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.