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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 pHYSICIAN 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
Stereotactic Biopsy Room

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Repositioning biopsy needle

What happened

When backing the needle out of the patient 's right breast the dorsal part of my left hand between the 3rd and 4th knuckle was nicked with the needle tip.

Injury or illness

Puncture

Object or substance involved

Needle

Summary line

superficial 1 2 laceration dorsal hand between 3rd and 4th dorsal knuckle left hand. When backing the needle out of the patient 's right breast the dorsal part of my left hand between the 3rd and 4th knuckle was nicked with the needle tip.

Employee and industry

Job description
PHYSICIAN
SOC code
29-1229 — Physicians, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
6817
Total hours worked
11815426
Establishment ID
72766
Employer case #
23 017192

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
11:50:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
04MAR24:19:23:00

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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.