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OSHA Injury Report: UW Airlift NW

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at UW Airlift NW in Seattle, WA 98108 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was flight Nurse in ambulance Services.

Establishment
UW Airlift NW
Parent company
University of Washington
Street
6501 Perimeter Road S
City
Seattle
State
WA
ZIP
98108
On-site location
ALNW Aircraft
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee had just drawn up a venous blood gas sample using a 23g needle during transport.

The aircraft encountered unforecasted turbulence and the employee sustained a needlestick at the base of their left thumb.

L thumb needlestick with BBE.

23g VBG needle used correctly

Needlestick to left thumb during turbulence

Job description
Flight Nurse
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
621910 — Ambulance Services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
150
Total hours worked
239009
EIN
430653611
Establishment ID
679607
Employer case #
SI-257373
Date of incident
Shift started
9:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:00:00.000
Submitted
22JAN24:17:58:00

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.