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OSHA Injury Report: Kishwaukee Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Kishwaukee Hospital in 1 Kish Hospital Drive, DeKalb, IL 60115 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was staff Nurse Outpt Kish in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Kishwaukee Hospital
Street
1 Kish Hospital Drive
City
DeKalb
State
IL
ZIP
60115
On-site location
Kish Cancer Center IRCC 1st Floor KH Oncology Infusion Department

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Preparing to administer a SQ injection

What happened

This RN was administering a SQ injection of [REDACTED] to patient 's right arm using a 25gx58in needle. Needle pierced through the pt 's skin and into the side of the index finger on my left hand.

Injury or illness

Cut Laceration Puncture Finger

Object or substance involved

Needle stick exposed to pt 's blood and medication that was in the syringe Nplate.

Summary line

This RN was administering a SQ injection of [REDACTED] to patient 's right arm using a 25gx58in needle. Needle pierced through the pt 's skin and into the side of the index finger on my left hand.

Employee and industry

Job description
Staff Nurse Outpt Kish
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1436
Total hours worked
1709933
Establishment ID
498973
Employer case #
54713

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
10:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
18FEB26:21:19:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.