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OSHA Injury Report: St Mary's Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at St Mary's Medical Center in 3333 N Seminary St, Galesburg, IL 61401 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Tech in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
St Mary's Medical Center
Parent company
OSF Healthcare
Street
3333 N Seminary St
City
Galesburg
State
IL
ZIP
61401
On-site location
Main OR

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

In the operating room assisting with surgery as needed

What happened

Employee was reaching over a sharps box and Kwire was sticking out of the box. When reaching over the container employee got caught by kwire and got stuck by the kwire.

Injury or illness

contaminated kwire stick to right hand

Object or substance involved

contaminated kwire

Summary line

Kwire Stick right hand kwire was sticking out of sharps box and employee reached over it and got caught by it and got stuck in the right hand

Employee and industry

Job description
Surgical Tech
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
479
Total hours worked
775995
EIN
383852646
Establishment ID
1076409
Employer case #
2023-00097

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:45:00.000
Time of incident
12:10:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
19JAN24:16:09:00

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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.