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OSHA Injury Report: Decatur Memorial Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Decatur Memorial Hospital in Decatur, IL 62526 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was dMH Physician in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Decatur Memorial Hospital
Parent company
Memorial Health
Street
2300 N. Edward St.
City
Decatur
State
IL
ZIP
62526
On-site location
Operating Room

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

I was putting in a central line in a morbidly obese pt. and I needed an assistant to pull back the excess skin on his neck. I was about to make a nick on the pt 's skin with a scalpel. Unfortunately my assistant moved and my R hand moved with the knife in it and I poked my left index finger with it

What happened

I was putting in a central line in a morbidly obese pt. and I needed an assistant to pull back the excess skin on his neck. I was about to make a nick on the pt 's skin with a scalpel. Unfortunately my assistant moved and my R hand moved with the knife in it and I poked my left index finger with it

Injury or illness

Exposure puncture; hand-right

Object or substance involved

Exposure puncture medical sharp right hand

Summary line

Exposure; puncture; Hand-right; - Exposure puncture medical sharp. right hand

Employee and industry

Job description
DMH Physician
SOC code
29-1229 — Physicians, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1718
Total hours worked
2687834
Establishment ID
969304
Employer case #
EV20240309

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:15
Time of incident
23:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
18FEB2025:19:00:00

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.