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OSHA Injury Report: UW Airlift NW

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at UW Airlift NW in 6501 Perimeter Road S, Seattle, WA 98108 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was flight Nurse in ambulance Services.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
UW Airlift NW
Parent company
University of Washington
Street
6501 Perimeter Road S
City
Seattle
State
WA
ZIP
98108
On-site location
Aircraft

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Employee had just drawn a venous blood sample from patient central access. He was transferring blood sample from the needled syringe in his right hand to the [REDACTED] loaded cartridge that he had on his lap.

What happened

Needled syringe in right hand had become destabilized during turbulence as employee was transferring blood to cartridge causing a superficial needle-stick to left hand as he was placing lid back on needle in case he needed to re-draw. This was a 1cc syringe and 25ga SQ needle.

Injury or illness

Needlestick with blood on left hand.

Object or substance involved

25g SQ needle.

Summary line

During turbulence needlestick BBP Left index finger

Employee and industry

Job description
Flight Nurse
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
621910 — Ambulance Services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
150
Total hours worked
239009
EIN
430653611
Establishment ID
679607
Employer case #
SI-228947

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
9:00:00.000
Time of incident
1:03:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
22JAN24:17:58:00

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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.