AMARILLO, TX —
OSHA Injury Report: 030 NORTHWEST TEXAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC.-NORTHWEST TEXAS HOSPITAL
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at 030 NORTHWEST TEXAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC.-NORTHWEST TEXAS HOSPITAL in AMARILLO, TX 79106 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sTUDENT INTERN in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- 030 NORTHWEST TEXAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC.-NORTHWEST TEXAS HOSPITAL
- Parent company
- Universal Health Services, Inc NORTHWEST TEXAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC.-NORTHWEST TEXAS HOSPITAL
- Street
- 1501 S COULTER
- City
- AMARILLO
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 79106
- On-site location
- 5 SOUTH
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
TRYING TO START AN IV FOR A PATIENT
What happened
EE was trying to start an IV for a patient that was having an allergic reaction. EE went to pull the needle out but the safety mechanism did not activate and as she went to put needle in container she got stuck in index finger left hand.
Injury or illness
Puncture Left Finger(s) Needle stick NEEDLE
Object or substance involved
NEEDLE
Summary line
EE was trying to start an IV for a patient that was having an allergic reaction. EE went to pull the needle out but the safety mechanism did not activate and as she went to put needle in container she got stuck in index finger left hand.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- STUDENT INTERN
- SOC code
- 00-9070 — Student (Unpaid) -NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 1717
- Total hours worked
- 4471538
- EIN
- 232238976
- Establishment ID
- 1128173
- Employer case #
- 81279
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:25:00.000
- Time of incident
- 18:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 15FEB24:16:25:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.