Marietta, GA —
OSHA Injury Report: Wellstar Kennestone Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, GA 30060 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was unit PRN RN NICU in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Wellstar Kennestone Hospital
- Parent company
- Wellstar Health System, Inc.
- Street
- 677 Church Street
- City
- Marietta
- State
- GA
- ZIP
- 30060
- On-site location
- Neonatal Intensive Care-KH
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
See description
What happened
RN was assisting provider in placement of a peripheral arterial line After placement but prior to line being secured provider requested RN assist with obtaining a blood gas from the open angiocatheter using a capillary tube. The provider had not yet retracted the needle despite being asked by RN twice to be mindful of the needle. In the process of obtaining the blood gas RN received needle stick which punctured the glove and the skin. No blood was noted at the puncture site. .
Injury or illness
Struck Hit or Injured By Against (NOT Workplace Violence)
Object or substance involved
needle
Summary line
Needlestick or Sharp Injury
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Unit PRN RN NICU
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 6625
- Total hours worked
- 10487514
- EIN
- 581649541
- Establishment ID
- 167598
- Employer case #
- 555310
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:45
- Time of incident
- 9:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03FEB26:19:01:00
Source
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.