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OSHA Injury Report: Ochsner Medical Center - Westbank

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Ochsner Medical Center - Westbank in 2500 Belle Chase Hwy, Gretna, LA 70056 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN Float PoolFreestanding Emergency Department in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Ochsner Medical Center - Westbank
Parent company
Ochsner Health System
Street
2500 Belle Chase Hwy
City
Gretna
State
LA
ZIP
70056
On-site location
ED

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

cleaning patient 's bed

What happened

was asked to try to get an IV on a pt after primary RN had 2 previous unsuccessful attempts. After looking at pt arms for access and not seeing any good access points [REDACTED] offered to start ultrasound IV. I went to clear debris from bed picking up a used IV catheter used by previous RN not realizing the safety mechanism had not been engaged. The soiled catheter stuck my R index finger drawing blood. I washed my hands immediately after with soap and water.

Injury or illness

needlestick to right index finger from cleaning up IV start supplies and being pricked by used needle that was left in bed without safety device activated

Object or substance involved

needlestick to right index finger

Summary line

needlestick to right index finger from cleaning up IV start supplies and being pricked by used needle that was left in bed without safety device activated

Employee and industry

Job description
RN Float PoolFreestanding Emergency Department
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
878
Total hours worked
1419880
EIN
720502505
Establishment ID
502477
Employer case #
AAAC000000

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:00:00.000
Submitted
26FEB24:21:38:00

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Source

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