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OSHA Injury Report: UT Health East Texas Rehabilitation Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at UT Health East Texas Rehabilitation Hospital in Tyler, TX 75701 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was physical Therapist in physical rehabilitation hospitals.

Establishment
UT Health East Texas Rehabilitation Hospital
Parent company
Ardent/UT Health East Texas
Street
701 Olympic Plaza
City
Tyler
State
TX
ZIP
75701
On-site location
Rehabilitation Therapy
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee picked up diabetic testing kit that was left by a patient

Employee noticed something loose in the diabetic testing kit. Needle came out of the kit and punctured finger

Punctured right index finger

contaminated needle

Punctured right index finger trying to retract needle on patient 's diabetic testing kit

Job description
Physical Therapist
SOC code
29-1123 — Physical Therapists
NAICS code
622310 — Physical rehabilitation hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
253
Total hours worked
370689
EIN
823913174
Establishment ID
810249
Employer case #
18279
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:35:00.000
Submitted
19JAN24:18:56:00

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.