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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 resident MD 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
St Michaels ER

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Employee had responded to ER for patient transport and in working to stabilize said patient employee was performing a thoracotomy with a scalpel that had been handed to him by someone at SMMC.

What happened

The scapel broke while performing this procedure and employee expereinced a laceration on right index finger.

Injury or illness

R index finger laceration.

Object or substance involved

Scalpel belonging to St. Michaels Medical Center.

Summary line

Turbulence led to scapel injury while conducting thoracotomy

Employee and industry

Job description
Resident MD
SOC code
29-1229 — Physicians, All Other
NAICS code
621910 — Ambulance Services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
150
Total hours worked
239009
EIN
430653611
Establishment ID
679607
Employer case #
BL20419

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
9:00:00.000
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.