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OSHA Injury Report: UT Health Athens

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at UT Health Athens in 2000 S Palestine Street, Athens, TX 75751 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was scrub Tech in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
UT Health Athens
Parent company
AHS/UTHET Tyler
Street
2000 S Palestine Street
City
Athens
State
TX
ZIP
75751
On-site location
OR

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Cleaning up the [REDACTED] table in surgery.

What happened

Needle stick wound puncture to the finger while cleaning the [REDACTED] table during surgery.

Injury or illness

Needle stick wound puncture to the finger

Object or substance involved

Contaminated needle

Summary line

Needle stick wound puncture to the finger while cleaning up the [REDACTED] table in surgery.

Employee and industry

Job description
Scrub Tech
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
444
Total hours worked
667166
Establishment ID
1260688
Employer case #
M734281

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
10:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20JAN26:18:32:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.