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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 surgical TechnicianIn House Agency in general medical and surgical hospitals.

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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 room 9

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

scrub tech

What happened

Surgeon was sawing off bone on the patients knee; particles of bone and fluid came over my shield and into on my left eye.

Injury or illness

Splash of sawed bone fluid into left eye during procedure

Object or substance involved

sawed bone

Summary line

Splash of sawed bone fluid into left eye during procedure

Employee and industry

Job description
Surgical TechnicianIn House Agency
SOC code
29-2055: Surgical Technologists
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
11:00
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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