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OSHA Injury Report: OHSU Main Campus

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at OHSU Main Campus in 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was specimen Processing Specialist in medical schools.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
OHSU Main Campus
Parent company
Oregon Health & Science University
Street
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road
City
Portland
State
OR
ZIP
97239
On-site location
HRC9 Core Lab

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Fixing the automation line. The stockyard gripper arm that disposes of expired specimens was stuck.

What happened

I reached through the chute where old blood specimens are disposed of to push the gripper arm past its jam. Once it had gotten past its jam it moved back to its home position catching my hand in the process and cutting my finger.

Injury or illness

Cut right middle finger

Object or substance involved

machine malfunction blood specimen exposure

Summary line

While clearing a malfunction in a machine EE reached into the chute to remove old blood specimens and sustained a cut to right middle finger.

Employee and industry

Job description
Specimen Processing Specialist
SOC code
19-4099 — Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
NAICS code
611310 — Medical schools
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
21961
Total hours worked
34545937
EIN
931176109
Establishment ID
129051
Employer case #
W00004679

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
10:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28JAN26:19:54:00

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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.