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 901 W Ben Whit Blvd, Austin, TX 78704 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was team Lead Patient Support 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
- Operating Suite Invasive, Inpt.,Outpt.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Preparing to wash contaminated instruments
What happened
washing in decontam for my shift i opened red bin hazard bin to pick up fistula set 2 to get ready to wash set when i went to lift the fistula basket a suture needle poked through my double gloved left middle finger. a tissie forcep was poking out the sets basket holes with a suture needle on the forcep tip set was dirty not cleaned yet.
Injury or illness
Contaminated Sharp FingerMiddle - Right 1st Joint
Object or substance involved
Suture needle
Summary line
washing in decontam for my shift i opened red bin hazard bin to pick up fistula set 2 to get ready to wash set when i went to lift the fistula basket a suture needle poked through my double gloved left middle finger. a tissie forcep was poking out the s
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Team Lead Patient Support
- SOC code
- 31-1132: Orderlies
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,975
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 2,955,615
- Establishment ID
- 1033544
- Employer case #
- V34320-16
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 12:35
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-04
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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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