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 rN Clinical Nurse I 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
Dr [REDACTED] was closing with suture. His hand slipped and he stuck me with a needle in the left thumb.
What happened
Dr [REDACTED] was closing with suture. His hand slipped and he stuck me with a needle in the left thumb.
Injury or illness
Exposure puncture body fluids; thumb- left hand
Object or substance involved
Needle stick exposure. Stuck during OR procedure hand slipped during suture closure. Left hand.
Summary line
Exposure puncture body fluids; Thumb-left hand; - needle stick exposure. Stuck during OR procedure hand slipped during suture closure.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN Clinical Nurse I
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 1718
- Total hours worked
- 2687834
- Establishment ID
- 969304
- Employer case #
- EV20240903
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:38
- Time of incident
- 14:38
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 18FEB2025:20:30:00
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.