Morton, MS ·
OSHA Injury Report: Ochsner Scott Regional (Rush)
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Ochsner Scott Regional (Rush) in 317 Hwy 13 South, Morton, MS 39117 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was medical Lab Technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Ochsner Scott Regional (Rush)
- Parent company
- Ochsner Clinic Foundation
- Street
- 317 Hwy 13 South
- City
- Morton
- State
- MS
- ZIP
- 39117
- On-site location
- patient room #16
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
The employee was removing the butterfly needle from the patient 's left hand. The patient made an unexpected jerking movement causing the employee to stick her right index finger with the contaminated needle while she was in the process of activating the safety feature.
What happened
When the patient made an unexpected jerking movement the worker was stuck with the contaminated needle.
Injury or illness
Needlestick (blood and body fluid exposure) to right index finger; contaminated butterfly needle
Object or substance involved
contaminated butterfly needle
Summary line
Needlestick (blood and body fluid exposure) to right index finger; contaminated butterfly needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Medical Lab Technician
- SOC code
- 29-2012: Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 100
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 30,490
- Establishment ID
- 1385033
- Employer case #
- AAAC000000
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 10:20
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-03-02
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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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