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OSHA Injury Report: Ochsner Health Center - West Bank

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Ochsner Health Center - West Bank in Gretna, LA 70056 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was physician in offices of Physicians.

Establishment
Ochsner Health Center - West Bank
Parent company
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Street
120 Ochsner Blvd
City
Gretna
State
LA
ZIP
70056
On-site location
West Bank OR 2
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Assisting with flipping the patient during surgery

Assisting with flipping the patient during surgery

Assisting with flipping the patient during surgery

Stuck to the right thumb with EMG needles.

The worker was in a surgical procedure when he held the scalpel at the wrong end he inadvertently opened the blade into his hand causing the blade to stick him in his right palm.

Job description
Physician
SOC code
29-1229 — Physicians, All Other
NAICS code
621111 — Offices of Physicians
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
217
Total hours worked
363560
Establishment ID
1466066
Employer case #
2.06084E+
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
7:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28FEB26:22:54:00

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.