Exposure to harmful substance through exposed tissue unspecified · Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Silver Cross Hospital, 1900 Silver Cross Blvd., NEW LENOX, ILLINOIS 60451
on — Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
An employee had been assisting with a patient. The employee had an allergic reaction to latex and was hospitalized.
On January 30, 2025, an employee was walking to the breakroom for lunch when they tripped over a plastic case of water and sustained a fractured left hip.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer had been inspecting the trunk of a vehicle. He collapsed and lost vital signs due to possible fentanyl exposure. There were shards of glass found in the area the officer was inspecting that tested positive for traces of fentanyl and methamphetamines. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.