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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 rN 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
Department 5A

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Throwing away needle

What happened

I gave the patient their Lantus injection in the upper right arm. Upon withdrawing plunger did not close after injection. I went to throw away in sharps container and accidently hit my gloved hand with the needle. I removed my glove and noticed blood to my left thumb.

Injury or illness

Puncture

Object or substance involved

needle

Summary line

needle stick

Employee and industry

Job description
RN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1779
Total hours worked
2933105
Establishment ID
72849
Employer case #
24 017552

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
21:30:00.000
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.