Melrose Park, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Gottlieb Memorial Hospital-LUHS-IL
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital-LUHS-IL in Melrose Park, IL 60160 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was nurse RN LPN LVN in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Gottlieb Memorial Hospital-LUHS-IL
- Parent company
- Loyola Medicine
- Street
- 701 W. North Ave.
- City
- Melrose Park
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60160
- On-site location
- Patient Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
I was giving my patient his medications.
What happened
Left thumb needle stick puncture stuck while activating the safety mechanism after administering Heparin injection.
Injury or illness
Puncture
Object or substance involved
Cut Punctured Scrape Injured By Needle Stick
Summary line
I stuck myself with the needle I used to give my patient his heparin shot I accidentally stuck my left thumb after the patient was injected as I tried to recap the needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Nurse RN LPN LVN
- SOC code
- 29-2061 — Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 916
- Total hours worked
- 1460776
- Establishment ID
- 81003
- Employer case #
- 7800W24179
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 23:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 04FEB2025:22:33:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.