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 d 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
- Emergency Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
I went down to ER for a trauma and went to throw away the used knife into the sharps container and it cut through my glove into my skin causing me to have a minor bleed.
What happened
I went down to ER for a trauma and went to throw away the used knife into the sharps container and it cut through my glove into my skin causing me to have a minor bleed.
Injury or illness
Exposure cut; finger- right hand
Object or substance involved
Sharps exposure. Cut by used scalpel blade upon disposal
Summary line
Exposure cut; finger- right hand; - sharps exposure. Cut by used scalpel blade upon disposal. Right hand
Employee and industry
- Job description
- D
- 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 #
- EV20241228
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 08:00
- 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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