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 resident MD 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
- St Michaels ER
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee had responded to ER for patient transport and in working to stabilize said patient employee was performing a thoracotomy with a scalpel that had been handed to him by someone at SMMC.
What happened
The scapel broke while performing this procedure and employee expereinced a laceration on right index finger.
Injury or illness
R index finger laceration.
Object or substance involved
Scalpel belonging to St. Michaels Medical Center.
Summary line
Turbulence led to scapel injury while conducting thoracotomy
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Resident MD
- SOC code
- 29-1229: Physicians, All Other
- 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 #
- BL20419
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-22
More injuries at UW Airlift NW
View UW Airlift NW's full OSHA safety record →
More injuries in this industry (NAICS 621910)
More injuries in WA
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.
Look up any company's OSHA accident reports by company, or browse severe injury reports by year, state, and company.