Seattle, WA —
OSHA Injury Report: UW Airlift NW
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at UW Airlift NW in 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
- ALNW Aircraft
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee had just drawn up a venous blood gas sample using a 23g needle during transport.
What happened
The aircraft encountered unforecasted turbulence and the employee sustained a needlestick at the base of their left thumb.
Injury or illness
L thumb needlestick with BBE.
Object or substance involved
23g VBG needle used correctly
Summary line
Needlestick to left thumb during turbulence
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 9:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 10:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 22JAN24:17:58:00
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.