Lake Forest, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Lake Forest Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Lake Forest Hospital in Lake Forest, IL 60045 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was housekeeping Tech in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Lake Forest Hospital
- Street
- 660 Westmoreland Road
- City
- Lake Forest
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60045
- On-site location
- Lake Forest Hosp Pav D 1st Floor LFH OR Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
throwing away trash
What happened
I was taking out the trash for IR and when I got to the chute to throw it away I pushed down on the trash so it can fit in the trash chute and the moment I did that I felt a needle go in my hand.
Injury or illness
Cut Laceration Puncture Hands Wrist
Object or substance involved
needle found in trash
Summary line
I was taking out the trash for IR and when I got to the chute to throw it away I pushed down on the trash so it can fit in the trash chute and the moment I did that I felt a needle go in my hand.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Housekeeping Tech
- SOC code
- 37-2012 — Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 2677968
- Total hours worked
- 1794
- Establishment ID
- 499024
- Employer case #
- 48284
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:11
- Time of incident
- 10:50
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 28FEB2025:20:34:00
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.