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 CRNAIn House Agency 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
- Endo
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
IV insertion
What happened
Upon removing an IV catheter and needle on a patient I had noticed that the introducer needle had poked through the catheter. I was examining the integrity of the catheter with both hands and when I let go of the tip of the needle the blood splashed back around my left eye. Eye flushed thoroughly
Injury or illness
Blood splash to left eye after unsuccessful IV insertion
Object or substance involved
blood splash from IV catheter
Summary line
Blood splash to left eye after unsuccessful IV insertion
Employee and industry
- Job description
- CRNAIn House Agency
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- 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
- 09:30
- 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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