Baton Rouge, LA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge in 17000 Medical Center Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70816 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was environmental Services Aide in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
- Parent company
- Ochsner Clinic Foundation
- Street
- 17000 Medical Center Dr.
- City
- Baton Rouge
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70816
- On-site location
- 5th floor hospital biohazard room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
emptying biohazard bags
What happened
worker was completing patient care and went to dump white bags into biohazard closet. While dumping bags he was stuck with needle to the right forearm area
Injury or illness
Needlestick to the right bottom forearm
Object or substance involved
used insulin needle
Summary line
Needlestick to the right bottom forearm
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Environmental Services Aide
- SOC code
- 37-2019: Building Cleaning Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 1,175
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 1,812,827
- EIN
- 720502505
- Establishment ID
- 485957
- Employer case #
- AAAC000000
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 18:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-03-05
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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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