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OSHA Injury Report: St. Mary's Health Care System-SMHCS-GA

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at St. Mary's Health Care System-SMHCS-GA in Athens, GA 30606 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was nurse RN LPN LVN in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
St. Mary's Health Care System-SMHCS-GA
Parent company
Trinity Health
Street
1230 Baxter ST
City
Athens
State
GA
ZIP
30606
On-site location
Patient Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Trying to retrieve the foam piece of swab from the confused patient 's mouth. He was chewing it but he opened his mouth when asked to spit it out. He bit down when I swiped my right index finger in to pull it out.

Bite to right first finger from patient during patient care that broke the skin.

Puncture Including Human Animal Insect Bite Sting Needlesticks

Bites or Stings From Animals or Insects (Excludes Human)

While swabbing the confused patient s mouth he bit the foam off the swab To prevent him from swallowing it I swiped my right index finger into his open mouth to retrieve it He bit my finger breaking glove skin before I was able to retrieve the foam

Job description
Nurse RN LPN LVN
SOC code
29-2061 — Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1500
Total hours worked
2388146
Establishment ID
1144941
Employer case #
GR01W2519
Date of incident
Shift started
19:00
Time of incident
2:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20JAN26:18:22:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.