Chicago, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Rush University Medical Center
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Rush University Medical Center in 1653 West Congress Parkway, 108 Kidson Hall, Chicago, IL 60612 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was environmental Technician in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Rush University Medical Center
- Parent company
- Rush Memorial Hospital
- Street
- 1653 West Congress Parkway, 108 Kidson Hall
- City
- Chicago
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60612
- On-site location
- OR room22 5th floor tower
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
taking out trash
What happened
was poked by needle that was located in trash bag which should have been disposed in sharp bin
Injury or illness
[9025] needle stick to left palm
Object or substance involved
18 g needle
Summary line
[9025] needle stick to left palm 18 g needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Environmental Technician
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 14,745
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 21,561,494
- Establishment ID
- 49839
- Employer case #
- 169546
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 14:35
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-04-16
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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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