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OSHA Injury Report: Gottlieb Memorial Hospital-LUHS-IL

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital-LUHS-IL in Melrose Park, IL 60160 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was technician Clinical Other in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

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
Surgical Services Operating Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

We had just finished up an EGD procedure on a patient and had taken 4 biopsy 's

Puncture wound to left second finger while handling open biopsy forceps during a procedure.

Puncture

Cut Punctured Scrape Injured By Needle Stick

During an EGD the IV blew so we picked up the pace and we started taking some biopsy s We finished the procedure while I was reaching for the last formalin jar to pass to my nurse and I had left the biopsy forceps open and it pricked my finger

Job description
Technician Clinical Other
SOC code
29-2012 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
916
Total hours worked
1460776
Establishment ID
81003
Employer case #
7800W24188
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
9:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
04FEB2025:22:33:00

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.