Decatur, IL —
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 patient Care Technician 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
- Patient treatment/testing area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
I went to straight stick the patient. When I straight stuck her and went to remove the butterfly needle the needled glided firmly under my left pointer finger firmly. There was no draw of blood from me and my glove was in tact. We are concerned though as I have an open seed wart on the exact same finger this happened on. It may be slim chances but I feel uncomfortable with any type of exposure of any sort.
What happened
I went to straight stick the patient. When I straight stuck her and went to remove the butterfly needle the needled glided firmly under my left pointer finger firmly. There was no draw of blood from me and my glove was in tact. We are concerned though as I have an open seed wart on the exact same finger this happened on. It may be slim chances but I feel uncomfortable with any type of exposure of any sort.
Injury or illness
Exposure puncture body fluids; finger-left hand
Object or substance involved
Needle stick upon venipuncture exposure; left hand
Summary line
Exposure puncture body fluids; finger- left hand;- needle stick upon venipuncture exposure; left-hand
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Patient Care Technician
- SOC code
- 31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 1718
- Total hours worked
- 2687834
- Establishment ID
- 969304
- Employer case #
- EV20240326
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 10:50
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 18FEB2025:19:13:00
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.