LaGrange, GA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center in 1514 Vernon Raod, LaGrange, GA 30240 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was RN Clin Nurse Periop II WG in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- 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
- Cath/Pacer Procedures-WGA
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
See description
What happened
after IV insertion needle retracted from IV hub attempted to retract needle back into spring loaded plastic device while pressing the retraction button I dropped the IV needle and attempted to catch what I thought was a retracted needle with my left hand and stuck my left pinky finger with IV needle.
Injury or illness
Patient Handling
Object or substance involved
IV needle
Summary line
Needlestick or Sharp Injury
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN Clin Nurse Periop II WG
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,477
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 2,421,389
- EIN
- 581649541
- Establishment ID
- 167724
- Employer case #
- 535031
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:35
- Time of incident
- 06:25
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-03
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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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