Murphysboro, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in 2 S. Hospital Dr., Murphysboro, IL 62966 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was patient Care Technician in hospitals, general pediatric.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
- Street
- 2 S. Hospital Dr.
- City
- Murphysboro
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 62966
- On-site location
- Procedure Room 4
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Pulling the biopsy forceps out of the specimen jar that contained formaldehyde solution.
What happened
Employee was moving too fast and when they pulled the forceps out of the specimen jar it splashed in their face directly in their left eye.
Injury or illness
Eye - Left; Fluid Splash in Eye
Object or substance involved
Formaldehyde solution
Summary line
Formaldehyde solution splash in left eye; [REDACTED]
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Patient Care Technician
- SOC code
- 31-1131: Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general pediatric
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 259
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 413,876
- Establishment ID
- 1280172
- Employer case #
- 2025-0089
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 07:46
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-22
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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