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OSHA Injury Report: Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge, LA 70816 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sterile Processing Technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Parent company
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Street
17000 Medical Center Dr.
City
Baton Rouge
State
LA
ZIP
70816
On-site location
Sterile Processing decontamination room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Transferring Instruments from sink

Worker states while transferring instruments from sink to container she was nicked by a K wire instrument to Left middle finger

Laceration to Left middle finger by a contaminated K wire from surgery

contaminated K wire

Laceration to Left middle finger by a contaminated K wire from surgery

Job description
Sterile Processing Technician
SOC code
31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1121
Total hours worked
1738951
EIN
720502505
Establishment ID
485957
Employer case #
AAAC000000
Date of incident
Shift started
11:00:00.000
Time of incident
3:45:00.000
Submitted
26FEB24:21:39:00

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.