Seattle, WA ·
OSHA Injury Report: UW Airlift NW
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at UW Airlift NW in 6501 Perimeter Road S, Seattle, WA 98108 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was flight Nurse in ambulance Services.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- UW Airlift NW
- Parent company
- University of Washington
- Street
- 6501 Perimeter Road S
- City
- Seattle
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 98108
- On-site location
- HMC ED
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Team had just transferred care of a patient to the HMC ED who was receiving transfused blood (ours). Employee was standing 3-4 ft away from bedside giving report to care team when blood was being swapped over.
What happened
Partner quickly retrieved blood tubing causing it to swing and somehow spray affected employee and physicians (on clothing). Affected employee received slpash to arm and face.
Injury or illness
Employee unsure but potential contact of mixed blood to R eye - blood contact to face and arm.
Object or substance involved
Transfusing blood that could potentially have backflowed with patient 's native blood and mixed.
Summary line
Transfusing blood splash to face and eye
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Flight Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 621910: Ambulance Services
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 150
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 239,009
- EIN
- 430653611
- Establishment ID
- 679607
- Employer case #
- SI-236445
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 09:00
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-22
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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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