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OSHA Injury Report: Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center in 1514 Vernon Raod, LaGrange, GA 30240 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN Resident MedSurg WG in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center
Parent company
WellStar Health System, Inc.
Street
1514 Vernon Raod
City
LaGrange
State
GA
ZIP
30240
On-site location
Med/Surg-WGA

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

See description

What happened

RN reported to charge nurse (this writer) that she was administering a Heparin shot to a patient. As she inserted the needle the patient was startled and jumped causing the needle to come out of his skin and enter her L hand index finger. She immediately reported the incident to this writer. This writer notified house supervisor.

Injury or illness

Fall

Object or substance involved

Heparin needle BD SafetyGlide 1ml syringe

Summary line

Needlestick or Sharp Injury

Employee and industry

Job description
RN Resident MedSurg WG
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1477
Total hours worked
2421389
EIN
581649541
Establishment ID
167724
Employer case #
541152

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
18:45
Time of incident
22:51
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03FEB26:19:02:00

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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.