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OSHA Injury Report: Advocate Christ Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Advocate Christ Medical Center in 4440 West 95th Street, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was nURSE in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Advocate Christ Medical Center
Parent company
Advocate Health Care
Street
4440 West 95th Street
City
Oak Lawn
State
IL
ZIP
60453
On-site location
Operating room

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Closing patient wound

What happened

Two residents were closing the patients wound. After they finished they put the needle holder with the needle unprotected on the mayo stand. I went to grab the needle holder and poked my left index finger with the needle. It went through my glove and through skin. I washed the wound with alcohol right away.

Injury or illness

Puncture

Object or substance involved

Needle

Summary line

needle skin on left index finger palm side up. went to grab the needle holder and poked my left index finger with the needle. It went through my glove and through skin. I washed the wound with alcohol right away.

Employee and industry

Job description
NURSE
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
6817
Total hours worked
11815426
Establishment ID
72766
Employer case #
23 017133

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
9:30:00.000
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.