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OSHA Injury Report: Open Arms HHC - Waterloo

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Open Arms HHC - Waterloo in 421 Oak Avenue, Waterloo, IA 50703 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was home Health Aide in homes for the elderly with nursing care.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Open Arms HHC - Waterloo
Parent company
Open Arms Home Health Care - Waterloo LLC
Street
421 Oak Avenue
City
Waterloo
State
IA
ZIP
50703
On-site location
Patient Unit

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Employee was working with assigned patient in patient 's unit doing home-making services

What happened

Employee was picking up trash and was stuck by a used lancet which she did not know was among the trash

Injury or illness

Lancet stick to left palm

Object or substance involved

Used contaminated lancet

Summary line

[REDACTED] stick to left palm

Employee and industry

Job description
Home Health Aide
SOC code
31-1121 — Home Health Aides
NAICS code
623110 — Homes for the elderly with nursing care
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
15
Total hours worked
24533
EIN
811408096
Establishment ID
1090575
Employer case #
2

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
14:20:00.000
Submitted
29FEB24:21:51:00

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Source

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