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OSHA Injury Report: Decatur Memorial Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Decatur Memorial Hospital in 2300 N. Edward St., Decatur, IL 62526 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was dMH Physician in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Decatur Memorial Hospital
Parent company
Memorial Health
Street
2300 N. Edward St.
City
Decatur
State
IL
ZIP
62526
On-site location
Patient Treatment/Testing Area

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

I was attempting to place a central venous catheter. When I attempted to remove the guidewire at the conclusion of the procedure there was significant resistance. The wire itself started ot unravel. I pulled the catheter with the wire as a unit out and then was able to remove the wire and confirmed it to be intact. However as I was disposing of the wire the sharp inner core of the wire touched my glove and I could not immediately tell if it had punctured it until later.

What happened

I was attempting to place a central venous catheter. When I attempted to remove the guidewire at the conclusion of the procedure there was significant resistance. The wire itself started ot unravel. I pulled the catheter with the wire as a unit out and then was able to remove the wire and confirmed it to be intact. However as I was disposing of the wire the sharp inner core of the wire touched my glove and I could not immediately tell if it had punctured it until later.

Injury or illness

Exposure puncture; back-lower (lumbar) finger- right hand

Object or substance involved

Needle stick exposure. Stuck with contaminated needle during procedure. Right hand.

Summary line

Exposurem puncture back-lower (lumbar) finger- right hand - needlestick exposure. Stuck with contaminated needle during procedure.

Employee and industry

Job description
DMH Physician
SOC code
29-1229 — Physicians, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1718
Total hours worked
2687834
Establishment ID
969304
Employer case #
EV20240701

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
15:21
Filing year
2024
Submitted
18FEB2025:19:51:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.