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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 phlebotomist 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
Med Surg
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Drawing blood on a patient

Attempting to activate the safety after drawing blood on a patient and punctured thumb.

Needle stick wound puncture to the thumb

Contaminated needle

Needle stick wound puncture to the thumb while activating the safety of a dirty needle.

Job description
Phlebotomist
SOC code
31-9097 — Phlebotomists
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
444
Total hours worked
667166
Establishment ID
1260688
Employer case #
M813034
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
10:44
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20JAN26:18:51:00

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.