Exposure through medical injection · Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, 743 Spring St NE., GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA 30501
on — Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
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Final narrative
An employee suffered an adverse allergic reaction to the MMR vaccine and was hospitalized.
An employee was preparing to vaccinate sows using a needle-free injection gun. The gun engaged and injected the employee's left palm. The employee experienced an allergic reaction.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.