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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 security Officer 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

attempting to restrain combative patient who was held on PEC

What happened

Employee was attempting to restrain combative patient and was bitten on forearm by said patient; skin broken

Injury or illness

Bite to forearm from combative patient

Object or substance involved

combative patient biting employee

Summary line

Bite to forearm from combative patient

Employee and industry

Job description
Security Officer
SOC code
33-9032 — Security Guards
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
18:00:00.000
Time of incident
3:00:00.000
Submitted
26FEB24:21:39:00

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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.