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OSHA Injury Report: Northwest Community Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Northwest Community Hospital in 800 W Central Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60005 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Technologist in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Northwest Community Hospital
Parent company
Endeavor Health
Street
800 W Central Road
City
Arlington Heights
State
IL
ZIP
60005
On-site location
main OR 9

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Disposing of suture needle in sharps container

What happened

[REDACTED]: i was trying to put the suture in the sharps container amd the needle holder slipped from my hand and it hit my finger on my left hand when it fell

Injury or illness

Contaminated Sharp Finger s left index finger

Object or substance involved

Suture needle

Summary line

[REDACTED]: i was trying to put the suture in the sharps container amd the needle holder slipped from my hand and it hit my finger on my left hand when it fell

Employee and industry

Job description
Surgical Technologist
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
4488
Total hours worked
6655303
EIN
362340313
Establishment ID
1514772
Employer case #
S2025-202

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
11:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
26FEB26:23:38:00

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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.