Decatur, GA —
OSHA Injury Report: Emory Decatur Hospital - EHC
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Emory Decatur Hospital - EHC in Decatur, GA 30033 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was patient Care Tech II in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Emory Decatur Hospital - EHC
- Parent company
- Emory Healthcare
- Street
- 2701 North Decatur Road
- City
- Decatur
- State
- GA
- ZIP
- 30033
- On-site location
- Emory Decatur Hospital Emergency department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Prior to the injury I was getting blood cultures on a patient
What happened
puncture L Thumb when disposing blood culture needle into sharps container
Injury or illness
Vascular BLOOD and BODY FLUID EXPOSURE Thumbs
Object or substance involved
Needle
Summary line
After collecting blood cultures from a patient I was disposing of the needle and vacutainer into the sharps container when my thumb slipped into the bottom of the vacutainer causing me to be poked by the needle inside.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Patient Care Tech II
- SOC code
- 31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 3024
- Total hours worked
- 4220850
- EIN
- 582137993
- Establishment ID
- 1422479
- Employer case #
- S2025-316
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 19:52
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 20FEB26:20:34:00
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.