Portland, OR ·
OSHA Injury Report: OHSU Main Campus
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at OHSU Main Campus in 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was specimen Processing Specialist in medical schools.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- OHSU Main Campus
- Parent company
- Oregon Health & Science University
- Street
- 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road
- City
- Portland
- State
- OR
- ZIP
- 97239
- On-site location
- HRC9 Core Lab
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Fixing the automation line. The stockyard gripper arm that disposes of expired specimens was stuck.
What happened
I reached through the chute where old blood specimens are disposed of to push the gripper arm past its jam. Once it had gotten past its jam it moved back to its home position catching my hand in the process and cutting my finger.
Injury or illness
Cut right middle finger
Object or substance involved
machine malfunction blood specimen exposure
Summary line
While clearing a malfunction in a machine EE reached into the chute to remove old blood specimens and sustained a cut to right middle finger.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Specimen Processing Specialist
- SOC code
- 19-4099: Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
- NAICS code
- 611310: Medical schools
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 21,961
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 34,545,937
- EIN
- 931176109
- Establishment ID
- 129051
- Employer case #
- W00004679
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-28
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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