Austin, TX —
OSHA Injury Report: South Austin Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Completed lab draw and discarding sharp
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Contaminated Sharp FingerIndex - Right 1st Joint
Object or substance involved
Butterfly needle
Summary line
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.
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 23:00
- Time of incident
- 6:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 04FEB26:16:25:00
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.