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OSHA Injury Report: UT Health East Texas Rehabilitation Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at UT Health East Texas Rehabilitation Hospital in 701 Olympic Plaza, Tyler, TX 75701 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was physical Therapist in physical rehabilitation hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
UT Health East Texas Rehabilitation Hospital
Parent company
Ardent/UT Health East Texas
Street
701 Olympic Plaza
City
Tyler
State
TX
ZIP
75701
On-site location
Rehabilitation Therapy

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Employee picked up diabetic testing kit that was left by a patient

What happened

Employee noticed something loose in the diabetic testing kit. Needle came out of the kit and punctured finger

Injury or illness

Punctured right index finger

Object or substance involved

contaminated needle

Summary line

Punctured right index finger trying to retract needle on patient 's diabetic testing kit

Employee and industry

Job description
Physical Therapist
SOC code
29-1123 — Physical Therapists
NAICS code
622310 — Physical rehabilitation hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
253
Total hours worked
370689
EIN
823913174
Establishment ID
810249
Employer case #
18279

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:35:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
19JAN24:18:56:00

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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.