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OSHA Injury Report: Palos Community Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Palos Community Hospital in 12251 S 80th Avenue, Palos Heights, IL 60463 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse FlexHHC in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Palos Community Hospital
Street
12251 S 80th Avenue
City
Palos Heights
State
IL
ZIP
60463
On-site location
Other Building 10000 w 131st palos park 60464

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

I was placing a optifoam dressing on a wound

What happened

After putting on secondary dressing on pt wound i cleaned patient 's scissors with an alcohol swab before accidently punctured my gloved left index finger I went to the bathroom and use own antibacterial soap to wash hands for 20 seconds.

Injury or illness

Cut Laceration Puncture Finger

Object or substance involved

scissors

Summary line

After putting on secondary dressing on pt wound i cleaned patient 's scissors with an alcohol swab before accidently punctured my gloved left index finger I went to the bathroom and use own antibacterial soap to wash hands for 20 seconds.

Employee and industry

Job description
Registered Nurse FlexHHC
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
3383
Total hours worked
3748953
Establishment ID
904634
Employer case #
54746

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
11:30
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.