Lake Forest, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Lake Forest Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Lake Forest Hospital in 660 Westmoreland Road, 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
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 2,677,968
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 1,794
- Establishment ID
- 499024
- Employer case #
- 48284
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:11
- Time of incident
- 10:50
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-28
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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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