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OSHA Injury Report: Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center

Other illness · Other recordable case

On , an other illness at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange, GA 30240 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lab Support Svcs Spec PRN SP SG WG in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center
Parent company
WellStar Health System, Inc.
Street
1514 Vernon Raod
City
LaGrange
State
GA
ZIP
30240
On-site location
Phlebotomy-WGA
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Other illness (code 6)

See description

Employee walked into patient room identified herself and explained why she was there patient confirmed ID and when she began to draw blood on her she told her she was about to stick her the patient pulled her arm away causing the employee to stick herself in the left middle finger. She did have gloves on; she removed the gloves and washed her hands. The needle stick did bleed temporarily.

Struck Hit or Injured By Against (NOT Workplace Violence)

blood draw needle

Needlestick or Sharp Injury

Job description
Lab Support Svcs Spec PRN SP SG WG
SOC code
31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1477
Total hours worked
2421389
EIN
581649541
Establishment ID
167724
Employer case #
531386
Date of incident
Shift started
23:00
Time of incident
3:50
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03FEB26:19:02:00

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.