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OSHA Injury Report: Ochsner Medical Center - Westbank

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Ochsner Medical Center - Westbank in Gretna, LA 70056 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was cRNA in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Ochsner Medical Center - Westbank
Parent company
Ochsner Health System
Street
2500 Belle Chase Hwy
City
Gretna
State
LA
ZIP
70056
On-site location
OR 4
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

monitoring patient

At [REDACTED] surgeon disconnected suction from the suction irrigator causing an explosion of blood which sprayed in my direction at the head of the bed. The blood splatted my neck and face mask then ricocheted up behind my eye glasses and into my left eye.

Blood splash into left eye after suction tubing disconnected

blood splash into left eye

Blood splash into left eye after suction tubing disconnected

Job description
CRNA
SOC code
29-1151 — Nurse Anesthetists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
878
Total hours worked
1419880
EIN
720502505
Establishment ID
502477
Employer case #
AAAC000000
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
21:30:00.000
Submitted
26FEB24:21:38:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.