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OSHA Injury Report: South Austin Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at South Austin Medical Center in Austin, TX 78704 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lab Assistant in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
South Austin Medical Center
Parent company
South Austin Medical Center
Street
901 W Ben Whit Blvd
City
Austin
State
TX
ZIP
78704
On-site location
Medical Surgical Unit
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Completed lab draw and discarding sharp

I went to thow away the butterfly that I use on the patient and then I relized tha t the needle wasn 't all the way in the safe sleeve. And then this is when I stuck myself as I was throwing it into the biohazared bin.

Contaminated Sharp FingerIndex - Right 1st Joint

Butterfly needle

I went to thow away the butterfly that I use on the patient and then I relized tha t the needle wasn 't all the way in the safe sleeve. And then this is when I stuck myself as I was throwing it into the biohazared bin.

Job description
Lab Assistant
SOC code
29-2012 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1975
Total hours worked
2955615
Establishment ID
1033544
Employer case #
V34320-15
Date of incident
Shift started
23:00
Time of incident
6:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
04FEB26:16:25:00

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.