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OSHA Injury Report: Rapides Regional Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Rapides Regional Medical Center in 211 4th Street, Alexandria, LA 71301 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was eVS Housekeeping in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Parent company
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Street
211 4th Street
City
Alexandria
State
LA
ZIP
71301
On-site location
MedSurg Patient Room

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

cleaning recliner in patient room

What happened

improperly disposed needle was left in crevice of recliner seat; stuck employee on right thumb as she was cleaning the recliner

Injury or illness

needle stick

Object or substance involved

contaminated IV needle

Summary line

sharps injury; right thumb

Employee and industry

Job description
EVS Housekeeping
SOC code
37-2012 — Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1433
Total hours worked
1974930
EIN
611267229
Establishment ID
280051
Employer case #
9079

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
9:05
Filing year
2025
Submitted
13JAN26:17:26:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.