Atlanta, GA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Emory University Hospital - EHC
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Emory University Hospital - EHC in 1364 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was professor CRT in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Emory University Hospital - EHC
- Parent company
- Emory Healthcare
- Street
- 1364 Clifton Road
- City
- Atlanta
- State
- GA
- ZIP
- 30322
- On-site location
- EUH 5E MICU
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Placing central venous line
What happened
BBP Puncture to L middle finger s p picking up lidocaine needle which punctured cap
Injury or illness
Vascular BLOOD and BODY FLUID EXPOSURE FingerS
Object or substance involved
needle that may have been exposed to blood it had been used for patients lidocaine injections
Summary line
The needle cap was defective and the needle stuck through the cap - when I picked it up to give an additional dose of lidocaine I got stuck in the right middle finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Professor CRT
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 5,507
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 7,796,161
- EIN
- 582137993
- Establishment ID
- 1422470
- Employer case #
- S2025-322
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-20
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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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