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OSHA Injury Report: Lake Forest Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Lake Forest Hospital in Lake Forest, IL 60045 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse BSN in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Lake Forest Hospital
Street
660 Westmoreland Road
City
Lake Forest
State
IL
ZIP
60045
On-site location
Lake Forest Hosp Pav E 2nd Floor E2 ICU IMCU Department
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

tapping a vacutainer to dispense blood

Drawing blood from the patients arterial line. There was blood left in the vacutainer to sample for the blood sugar. I tapped the vacutainer with my finger to dispense the blood and tapped my finger inside hitting the rubber piece.

Cut Laceration Puncture Finger

the vacuutainer

Drawing blood from the patients arterial line. There was blood left in the vacutainer to sample for the blood sugar. I tapped the vacutainer with my finger to dispense the blood and tapped my finger inside hitting the rubber piece.

Job description
Registered Nurse BSN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
2677968
Total hours worked
1794
Establishment ID
499024
Employer case #
49086
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
13:37
Filing year
2024
Submitted
28FEB2025:20:34:00

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.