Austin, TX —
OSHA Injury Report: St. David's Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at St. David's Medical Center in Austin, TX 78705 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lab Assistant in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- St. David's Medical Center
- Parent company
- Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) - St. David's Healthcare
- Street
- 919 E. 32nd Street
- City
- Austin
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 78705
- On-site location
- Medical Surgical Unit
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Drawing labs on patient.
What happened
obtained permission from patient to draw blood. patient fell asleep while drawing blood and jerk his arm back. when patient reacted needle flung out and scraped my right middle finger. immediately washed my hands in the patient room with soap and water.
Injury or illness
Contaminated Sharp FingerMiddle - Right 3rd Joint
Object or substance involved
Contaminated butterfly needle
Summary line
obtained permission from patient to draw blood. patient fell asleep while drawing blood and jerk his arm back. when patient reacted needle flung out and scraped my right middle finger. immediately washed my hands in the patient room with soap and water.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Lab Assistant
- SOC code
- 29-2012 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 2278
- Total hours worked
- 3445903
- EIN
- 611273583
- Establishment ID
- 229383
- Employer case #
- V06676-11
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 3:00
- Time of incident
- 6:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 03FEB26:17:02:00
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.