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OSHA Injury Report: Advocate Sherman Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Advocate Sherman Hospital in 1425 North Randall Road, Elgin, IL 60123 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was tECHNOLOGISTSURGICAL in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Advocate Sherman Hospital
Parent company
Advocate Health Care
Street
1425 North Randall Road
City
Elgin
State
IL
ZIP
60123
On-site location
Main OR 5

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Handling local anesthetic

What happened

Dr. [REDACTED] had used the local on the patient and turned around to hand it back to me thus sticking my left ring finger in the process. The needle was a 20 gauge needle attached to a 10cc syringe.

Injury or illness

Puncture

Object or substance involved

needle

Summary line

Left index finger. The needle was a 20 gauge needle attached to a 10cc syringe.

Employee and industry

Job description
TECHNOLOGISTSURGICAL
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1779
Total hours worked
2933105
Establishment ID
72849
Employer case #
23 015105

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
17:45:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
23FEB24:20:34:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.