Athens, GA ·
OSHA Injury Report: St. Mary's Health Care System-SMHCS-GA
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at St. Mary's Health Care System-SMHCS-GA in 1230 Baxter ST, Athens, GA 30606 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was nurse RN LPN LVN in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
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.
What happened
Bite to right first finger from patient during patient care that broke the skin.
Injury or illness
Puncture Including Human Animal Insect Bite Sting Needlesticks
Object or substance involved
Bites or Stings From Animals or Insects (Excludes Human)
Summary line
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
Employee and industry
- 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
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,500
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 2,388,146
- Establishment ID
- 1144941
- Employer case #
- GR01W2519
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 02:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-20
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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