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OSHA Injury Report: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in 1775 Dempster Street, Park Ridge, IL 60068 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was nURSING CARE TECHNICIANPCA in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Parent company
Advocate Health Care
Street
1775 Dempster Street
City
Park Ridge
State
IL
ZIP
60068
On-site location
Lutheran General Emergency Department Room 33

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

[REDACTED] culture blood draw

What happened

I was drawing blood culture samples from the patient 's left arm. I had finished collecting the blood cultures popped the torniquet and went to release the safety on the needle to properly dispose of. Patient had remained still for the entire procedure but when I went to release the safety he quickly moved his arm and pulled the needle out of his arm. As the needle fell it poked through my glove on the back of my left hand.

Injury or illness

Puncture

Object or substance involved

needle

Summary line

Needle poke on back of left hand below the thumb near the wrist.

Employee and industry

Job description
NURSING CARE TECHNICIANPCA
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
4599
Total hours worked
7950440
Establishment ID
72879
Employer case #
23 016339

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
21:20:00.000
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.