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 lab Technologist Technician 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
drawing a patients blood
What happened
Puncture wound to right thumb from contaminated needlestick.
Injury or illness
Puncture Including Human Animal Insect Bite Sting Needlesticks
Object or substance involved
Contaminated Needle Stick or Other Contaminated Sharps
Summary line
After collecting patients blood cultures I was placing the hub in the sharps container It is a larger hub than for regular collections and it had to be forced into the sharps container When pushing it down I stuck my right thumb with the needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Lab Technologist 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 (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
- 11:00
- Time of incident
- 12:00
- 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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