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OSHA Injury Report: Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in 836 West Wellington, Chicago, IL 60657 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was pHYSICIAN in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Parent company
Advocate Health Care
Street
836 West Wellington
City
Chicago
State
IL
ZIP
60657
On-site location
Advocate Illinois Masonic Main OR 8

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Suturing to close deep fascia

What happened

I was suturing with a needle to close fascia and while the needle was in the tissue I moved my left hand near the incision and struck my thumb on the needle.

Injury or illness

Puncture

Object or substance involved

Needle

Summary line

Needle stick to left thumb suturing with a needle to close fascia and while the needle was in the tissue I moved my left hand near the incision and struck my thumb on the needle.

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
2488
Total hours worked
4483957
Establishment ID
72835
Employer case #
23 017473

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
16:30:00.000
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.