Gretna, LA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Ochsner Medical Center - Westbank
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Ochsner Medical Center - Westbank in 2500 Belle Chase Hwy, Gretna, LA 70056 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was crna in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
monitoring patient
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Blood splash into left eye after suction tubing disconnected
Object or substance involved
blood splash into left eye
Summary line
Blood splash into left eye after suction tubing disconnected
Employee and industry
- Job description
- CRNA
- SOC code
- 29-1151: Nurse Anesthetists
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 878
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,419,880
- EIN
- 720502505
- Establishment ID
- 502477
- Employer case #
- AAAC000000
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 21:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-26
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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