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OSHA Injury Report: Heart Hospital of Austin

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Heart Hospital of Austin in 3801 North Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78756 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Heart Hospital of Austin
Parent company
HCA
Street
3801 North Lamar Blvd
City
Austin
State
TX
ZIP
78756
On-site location
ED

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION

What happened

STUCK WITH NEEDLE WHEN RECAPPING. DID NOT KNOW OF THE SAFETY

Injury or illness

BLOOD BODY FLUID EXPOSURE

Object or substance involved

CONTAMINATED HYPODERMIC NEEDLE

Summary line

1. CONTACT WITH AND (SUSPECED) EXPOSURE TO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS BODY FLUIDS 2. CONTACT WITH CONTAIMINATED HYPODERMIC NEEDLE INITIAL ENCOUNTER

Employee and industry

Job description
RN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
465
Total hours worked
746229
EIN
742781812
Establishment ID
1088560
Employer case #
07282023-9

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
18:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
17FEB24:18:20:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.