Union, MS ·
OSHA Injury Report: Ochsner Rush Laird Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Ochsner Rush Laird Hospital in 25117 Hwy 15, Union, MS 39365 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was clinical Medical Lab Technician in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Ochsner Rush Laird Hospital
- Parent company
- Ochsner Clinic Foundation
- Street
- 25117 Hwy 15
- City
- Union
- State
- MS
- ZIP
- 39365
- On-site location
- Laird Hospital emergency room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee had drawn blood on a patient in the ER using a butterfly needle. The employee activated the safety feature and was in the process of discarding the used needle when she stuck herself with the exposed part of the needle that didn 't fully retract when the safety feature was activated.
What happened
Butterfly needle didn 't fully retract when worker activated safety feature causing the worker to stick her right index finger while disposing of needle.
Injury or illness
Needlestick to right index finger; contaminated butterfly needle
Object or substance involved
contaminated butterfly needle
Summary line
Needlestick to right index finger; contaminated butterfly needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Clinical Medical Lab Technician
- SOC code
- 29-2012: Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 114
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 36,630
- EIN
- 640664988
- Establishment ID
- 1091169
- Employer case #
- AAAC000001
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:30
- Time of incident
- 19:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-03-01
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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