Austin, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: We Are Blood
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at We Are Blood in 4300 N. Lamar, Austin, TX 78756 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was phlebotomist in blood banks.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- We Are Blood
- Parent company
- We Are Blood
- Street
- 4300 N. Lamar
- City
- Austin
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 78756
- On-site location
- Donor center donation floor
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Disconnecting a donor that was giving blood.
What happened
When removing the tape that held the needle in place the donor did not follow instructions to be still and hold gauze on the puncture site thus the needle line was pulled on enough that it was pulled out of the vacutainer device safe storage before the tech could tape it securely closed.
Injury or illness
Needle stick to the left thumb.
Object or substance involved
Needle
Summary line
Needle stick to left thumb
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Phlebotomist
- SOC code
- 31-9097: Phlebotomists
- NAICS code
- 621991: Blood banks
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 183
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 342,786
- EIN
- 741366292
- Establishment ID
- 968363
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:45
- Time of incident
- 11:15
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-15
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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