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OSHA Injury Report: Emory Decatur Hospital - EHC

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Emory Decatur Hospital - EHC in 2701 North Decatur Road, Decatur, GA 30033 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was patient Care Tech II in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Emory Decatur Hospital - EHC
Parent company
Emory Healthcare
Street
2701 North Decatur Road
City
Decatur
State
GA
ZIP
30033
On-site location
Emory Decatur Hospital Emergency department

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Prior to the injury I was getting blood cultures on a patient

What happened

puncture L Thumb when disposing blood culture needle into sharps container

Injury or illness

Vascular BLOOD and BODY FLUID EXPOSURE Thumbs

Object or substance involved

Needle

Summary line

After collecting blood cultures from a patient I was disposing of the needle and vacutainer into the sharps container when my thumb slipped into the bottom of the vacutainer causing me to be poked by the needle inside.

Employee and industry

Job description
Patient Care Tech II
SOC code
31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
3024
Total hours worked
4220850
EIN
582137993
Establishment ID
1422479
Employer case #
S2025-316

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
19:00
Time of incident
19:52
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20FEB26:20:34:00

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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.