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OSHA Injury Report: UT Health Athens

Injury · Other recordable case

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.

Establishment
UT Health Athens
Parent company
AHS/UTHET Tyler
Street
2000 S Palestine Street
City
Athens
State
TX
ZIP
75751
On-site location
Lab
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Blood Cultures

Disposing of needle sharps in the container. The needle did not go into the container and punctured the employee in the forearm.

Needle stick puncture to the left forearm

Contaminated needle

Needle stick puncture to the forearm while disposing sharps.

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
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
6:33
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20JAN26:18:20:00

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.