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OSHA Injury Report: UW Airlift NW

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at UW Airlift NW in Seattle, WA 98108 resulted in days away from work. 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
Helipad at HMC
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
17

Employee was stepping out of the helicopter after completing a patient flight to said hospital. Employee had three points of contact and was facing the aircraft to unload equipment bags.

As employee exited the aircraft on the right side [REDACTED] the pilot the pilot also exited and expeditiously moved from his position aftward striking the employee. Employee was knocked to the ground and struck the posterior aspect of her head on the ground. She immediately felt dizzy and nausous but did not lose consciousness.

Occipital contusion and concussion.

Ground.

Concussion without loss of consciousness

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 #
BL78712
Date of incident
Shift started
9:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:10:00.000
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.