Beaverton, OR —
OSHA Injury Report: West Campus OHSU
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at West Campus OHSU in Beaverton, OR 97005 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was research Assistant in biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in health sciences.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- West Campus OHSU
- Parent company
- Oregon Health & Science University
- Street
- 505 SW 185th Avenue
- City
- Beaverton
- State
- OR
- ZIP
- 97005
- On-site location
- Containment Procedure Room B
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
My team just finished BAL-ing monkeys in containment and I was cleaning used ET tubes in chlorahex collecting towels and wiping down carts tables. After cleaning I remove my soiled top layer of gl began setting up for the other bleeds.
What happened
I was attaching a clean needle to a vacutainer hub. The safety and needle cover broke off the needle and the pressure from the break caused the needle to fling slightly into the side of my thumb. It broke through my gloves and left a tiny cut (1mm)
Injury or illness
Needle stick in Right Thumb
Object or substance involved
vacutainer and needle
Summary line
After drawing NHP blood EE was attaching a clean needle to vacutainer hub the needle and safety cover broke off resulting in a needlestick to EE 's right thumb.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Research Assistant
- SOC code
- 19-4099 — Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
- NAICS code
- 541711 — Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in health sciences
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 518
- Total hours worked
- 917249
- EIN
- 931176109
- Establishment ID
- 129420
- Employer case #
- W00004668
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 28JAN26:19:08:00
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.