Austin, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: We Are Blood
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at We Are Blood in 4300 N. Lamar, Austin, TX 78756 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was phlebotomist in blood banks.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- We Are Blood
- Parent company
- We Are Blood
- Street
- 4300 N. Lamar
- City
- Austin
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 78756
- On-site location
- Main donor center donation floor
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Disconnecting blood donor from donation into a blood bag.
What happened
Tech did not follow best practice of double guarding the needle before taping thus a slightly unguarded needle was a hazard that punctured her tape and glove.
Injury or illness
Needle stick with possible exposure.
Object or substance involved
needle
Summary line
Needle stick to right thumb with possible exposure
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Phlebotomist
- SOC code
- 31-9097: Phlebotomists
- NAICS code
- 621991: Blood banks
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 175
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 406,145
- EIN
- 741366292
- Establishment ID
- 968363
- Employer case #
- 8
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 09:30
- Time of incident
- 12:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-08
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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