Austin, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: Heart Hospital of Austin
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Heart Hospital of Austin in 3801 North Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78756 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was physical Therapist in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Heart Hospital of Austin
- Parent company
- HCA
- Street
- 3801 North Lamar Blvd
- City
- Austin
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 78756
- On-site location
- Step Down Unit PCU, TCU
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
inserting the needle back into medication vial
What happened
[REDACTED] initial 10ml of lidocaine 2 and injected foam dressing that was on the patient 's draining wound then used same needle to attempt to draw an additional 5ml with same needle and punctured my index finger.
Injury or illness
Contaminated Sharp FingerIndex - Right 1st Joint
Object or substance involved
contaminated needle
Summary line
[REDACTED] initial 10ml of lidocaine 2 and injected foam dressing that was on the patient 's draining wound then used same needle to attempt to draw an additional 5ml with same needle and punctured my index finger.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Physical Therapist
- SOC code
- 29-1123: Physical Therapists
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 520
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 753,131
- EIN
- 742781812
- Establishment ID
- 1088560
- Employer case #
- V25960-40
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 14:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-03
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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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