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OSHA Injury Report: St. David's Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at St. David's Medical Center in 919 E. 32nd Street, Austin, TX 78705 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was patient Care Technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
St. David's Medical Center
Parent company
Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) - St. David's Healthcare
Street
919 E. 32nd Street
City
Austin
State
TX
ZIP
78705
On-site location
Medical Surgical Unit

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Drawing labs on patient.

What happened

I [REDACTED] was drawing blood on [REDACTED] and when I was finished drawing his blood and didn 't realize i didn 't pull back the string all the way back! When I went to depose the needle poke me in my right thumb.

Injury or illness

Contaminated Sharp FingerThumb - Right 2nd Joint

Object or substance involved

Contaminated butterfly needle.

Summary line

I [REDACTED] was drawing blood on [REDACTED] and when I was finished drawing his blood and didn 't realize i didn 't pull back the string all the way back! When I went to depose the needle poke me in my right thumb.

Employee and industry

Job description
Patient Care Technician
SOC code
31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
2278
Total hours worked
3445903
EIN
611273583
Establishment ID
229383
Employer case #
V06676-10

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
3:00
Time of incident
4:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03FEB26:17:02:00

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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.