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 registered Nurse 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
- 1461
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
administering heparin injection
What happened
After giving heparin to a patient and trying to put up the safety on needle it slipped and went into nurses left thumb.
Injury or illness
[9019] needle stick to left thumb
Object or substance involved
heparin needle
Summary line
[9019] needle stick to left thumb heparin needle
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Registered Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- 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 #
- 169484
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 21:00
- 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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