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OSHA Injury Report: Heart Hospital of Austin

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Heart Hospital of Austin in Austin, TX 78756 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was patient Care Technician in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

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
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

cleaning up supplies after patient had obtained blood sugar

PCT was accidentally poked by dirty needle. Notified [REDACTED] [REDACTED] at time of event.

Contaminated Sharp FingerIndex - Right 1st Joint

contaminated lancet

PCT was accidentally poked by dirty needle. Notified [REDACTED] [REDACTED] at time of event.

Job description
Patient Care Technician
SOC code
31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
520
Total hours worked
753131
EIN
742781812
Establishment ID
1088560
Employer case #
V25960-47
Date of incident
Shift started
18:00
Time of incident
19:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03FEB26:19:17:00

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.