Ville Platte, LA —
OSHA Injury Report: Mercy Regional Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Ville Platte, LA 70586 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was medical Assistant in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mercy Regional Medical Center
- Parent company
- Mercy Regional Medical Center
- Street
- 800 East Main Street
- City
- Ville Platte
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70586
- On-site location
- St. Landry Clinic
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
patient injection
What happened
After administering an injection the employee tried to recap the needle that was on the exam table. The cap was sliding across the table employee grabbed cap to apply pressure to close it. Crooked needle stuck employee.
Injury or illness
needlestick in left palm
Object or substance involved
needle
Summary line
needlestick left palm
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Medical Assistant
- SOC code
- 31-9092 — Medical Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 381
- Total hours worked
- 605422
- EIN
- 824681222
- Establishment ID
- 1261965
- Employer case #
- 9
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 11:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 16JAN2025:22:02:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.