Decatur, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Decatur Memorial Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Decatur Memorial Hospital in 2300 N. Edward St., 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
- Patient Treatment/Testing Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
I was attempting to place a central venous catheter. When I attempted to remove the guidewire at the conclusion of the procedure there was significant resistance. The wire itself started ot unravel. I pulled the catheter with the wire as a unit out and then was able to remove the wire and confirmed it to be intact. However as I was disposing of the wire the sharp inner core of the wire touched my glove and I could not immediately tell if it had punctured it until later.
What happened
I was attempting to place a central venous catheter. When I attempted to remove the guidewire at the conclusion of the procedure there was significant resistance. The wire itself started ot unravel. I pulled the catheter with the wire as a unit out and then was able to remove the wire and confirmed it to be intact. However as I was disposing of the wire the sharp inner core of the wire touched my glove and I could not immediately tell if it had punctured it until later.
Injury or illness
Exposure puncture; back-lower (lumbar) finger- right hand
Object or substance involved
Needle stick exposure. Stuck with contaminated needle during procedure. Right hand.
Summary line
Exposurem puncture back-lower (lumbar) finger- right hand - needlestick exposure. Stuck with contaminated needle during procedure.
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
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 1,718
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 2,687,834
- Establishment ID
- 969304
- Employer case #
- EV20240701
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 15:21
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-18
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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