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OSHA Injury Report: Willis-Knighton Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Willis-Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport, LA 71103 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was nurse Practioner in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Willis-Knighton Medical Center
Parent company
Willis-Knighton Health System
Street
2600 Greenwood Road
City
Shreveport
State
LA
ZIP
71103
On-site location
Emergency Department
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Clearing sharp after placing pt on ECMO

Critically ill pt with cardiac arrest being cannulated for ECMO. While clearing the field of sharps a safety scalpel was grabbed and while grabbing the mechanism was engaged which made the scalpel extend and puncture her right 5th digit.

Scalpel puncture to right 5th digit.

Scalpel

Scalpel puncture to right 5th digit. Critically ill pt with cardiac arrest being cannulated for ECMO. While clearing the field of sharps a safety scapel was grabbed and while grabbing the mechanism was engaged which made the scalpel extend.

Job description
Nurse Practioner
SOC code
29-1171 — Nurse Practitioners
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
3527
Total hours worked
6245780
EIN
720400933
Establishment ID
112791
Employer case #
DQM199327
Date of incident
Time of incident
9:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
02MAR26:16:53:00

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.