OSHA Injury Report: AMERICAN AMBULANCE SERVICE

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee was providing patient care during transport and holding the patient s arm

What happened

During patient transport the employee sustained a cut to the right thumb through the glove from an unknown blade The employee continued holding the patient s arm which was covered in blood resulting in contact between the employee s blood and the patient s blood The employee was unable to change gloves immediately due to the circumstances of the incident

Injury or illness

UPPER EXTREMITIES THUMB CUT PUNCTURE Injury

Object or substance involved

Unknown sharp object blade contaminated sharp during patient transport

Summary line

During patient transport employee sustained cut to right thumb through glove from unknown blade Employee continued holding patient arm covered in blood causing contact between employee blood and patient blood Employee unable to change glove in incident

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.