Seattle, WA —
OSHA Injury Report: Airlift Northwest
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Airlift Northwest in Seattle, WA 98108 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was flight nurse in air ambulance services.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Airlift Northwest
- Parent company
- University of Washington
- Street
- 6501 Perimeter Rd South
- City
- Seattle
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 98108
- On-site location
- Inside Thurston County medic unit
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was completing physical assessment of altered trauma patient with gloved hands. This typically involves palpating various points along the patient 's body that could potentially be injured.
What happened
Employee made contact with shard of glass embedded in patient 's shoe and sustained a laceration to his left 3rd finger through the glove. The glove was contaminated with the patient 's fresh blood at this time.
Injury or illness
Laceration to the left 3rd finger and potential exposure to patient blood.
Object or substance involved
Sharp glass.
Summary line
L 3rd finger laceration and patient blood contamination
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Flight nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 621910 — Air ambulance services
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 155
- Total hours worked
- 230020
- EIN
- 916001537
- Establishment ID
- 1295594
- Employer case #
- 22958
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 9:00
- Time of incident
- 18:40
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 07FEB2025:18:02:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.