Herrin, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Herrin Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Herrin Hospital in Herrin, IL 62948 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sterile Processing Technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Herrin Hospital
- Street
- 201 South 14th St.
- City
- Herrin
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 62948
- On-site location
- Sterile Processing department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Removing racking from sterilizer machine and retrieving ticket of items just sterilized.
What happened
As employee was reaching for ticket that details what was just sanitized they bumped their right elbow against rolling rack that was still hot.
Injury or illness
Burn to right elbow.
Object or substance involved
Rolling rack from sterilizing machine.
Summary line
Burn to right elbow Rolling rack from sterilizing machine.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sterile Processing Technician
- SOC code
- 31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 740
- Total hours worked
- 1360316
- Establishment ID
- 1280139
- Employer case #
- 2025-0081
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 6:10
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 22JAN26:21:22:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.