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OSHA Injury Report: Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital in 320 N 13th St, WaKeeney, KS 67672 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital
Parent company
Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital
Street
320 N 13th St
City
WaKeeney
State
KS
ZIP
67672
On-site location
Out Patient Room 1

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Patient injection

What happened

While removing the needle it slipped and scraped the L index finger

Injury or illness

Exposure to body fluids of the patient.

Object or substance involved

Hollow hyperemic needle used on patient.

Summary line

Needle stick L index finger

Employee and industry

Job description
RN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
182
Total hours worked
279349
EIN
480769700
Establishment ID
572883
Employer case #
1409

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
17:30:00.000
Time of incident
18:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
30JAN24:15:33:00

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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.