Athens, TX —
OSHA Injury Report: UT Health Athens
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at UT Health Athens in Athens, TX 75751 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was medical Lab Scientist in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- UT Health Athens
- Parent company
- AHS/UTHET Tyler
- Street
- 2000 S Palestine Street
- City
- Athens
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 75751
- On-site location
- Lab
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Blood Cultures
What happened
Disposing of needle sharps in the container. The needle did not go into the container and punctured the employee in the forearm.
Injury or illness
Needle stick puncture to the left forearm
Object or substance involved
Contaminated needle
Summary line
Needle stick puncture to the forearm while disposing sharps.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Medical Lab Scientist
- SOC code
- 19-1042 — Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 444
- Total hours worked
- 667166
- Establishment ID
- 1260688
- Employer case #
- M681741
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00
- Time of incident
- 6:33
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 20JAN26:18:20:00
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.