Pittsburg, TX —
OSHA Injury Report: UT Health Pittsburg
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at UT Health Pittsburg in Pittsburg, TX 75686 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- UT Health Pittsburg
- Parent company
- AHS/UTHET Tyler
- Street
- 2701 US Hwy N
- City
- Pittsburg
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 75686
- On-site location
- ER
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Disposing of IV needle
What happened
When discarding an IV needle the device got caught in the sharp 's container lid pushing back out. The safety mechanism either failed or was not fully engaged allowing the needle to protrude and puncturing left palm.
Injury or illness
Puncture to the left hand palm
Object or substance involved
Contaminated IV needle
Summary line
Needle stick puncture to the left hand while disposing into sharps container
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
- 193
- Total hours worked
- 243804
- Establishment ID
- 1078249
- Employer case #
- M615669
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 19:53
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 19JAN26:16:18:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.