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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
Family Medicine clinic

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Giving [REDACTED] vaccine

What happened

Was giving a flu shot to a patient. When I pulled the needle out patient flinched and I had moved my right hand with needle in it and poked my left hand prior to the safety being set. Needle went through glove and into left hand - breaking skin.

Injury or illness

Needle stick to left hand

Object or substance involved

Patient moving while RN was pulling out needle after flu shot.

Summary line

Needle stick to left hand

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 #
8

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
15:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
28FEB24:23:54:00

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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.