Austin, TX —
OSHA Injury Report: Texas Children's Hospital North Austin Campus
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Texas Children's Hospital North Austin Campus in Austin, TX 78717 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was staff Nurse Inpatient in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Texas Children's Hospital North Austin Campus
- Parent company
- Texas Children's Hospital
- Street
- 9835 North Lake Creek Parkway
- City
- Austin
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 78717
- On-site location
- Patient Bed
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- -9999
Before the incident
Drawing blood for labs
What happened
Blood specimens required for allergy testing on patient. Resource nurse [REDACTED] RN assisting in obtaining labs via vein finder. Butterfly needle wings pulled down to cover the needle and placed on the bed while attempting another butterfly stick on a different extremity. When collecting the trash from the bed the needle from the butterfly protruded out and pierced the skin bypassing the gloves and drawing blood from the site.
Injury or illness
Contaminated Needle Needlestick right middle finger
Object or substance involved
butterfly needle
Summary line
When collecting the trash from the bed the needle from the butterfly protruded out and pierced the skin bypassing the gloves and drawing blood from the site.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Staff Nurse Inpatient
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 840
- Total hours worked
- 1522028
- EIN
- 741100555
- Establishment ID
- 1433893
- Employer case #
- 512139
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:45
- Time of incident
- 13:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 22JAN26:19:38:00
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.