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OSHA Injury Report: Valley West Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Valley West Hospital in Sandwich, IL 60548 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was cookFood Prep Worker in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Valley West Hospital
Street
1302 N Main Street
City
Sandwich
State
IL
ZIP
60548
On-site location
Valley West Hospital 1st Floor VW Dietary Department
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Opening a soup can.

I was opening a soup can and my thumb was in the direction of the can opening at which time when I lifted the lid cut me across the tip of my left thumb which caused it to bleed.

Cut Laceration Puncture Finger

Soup can lid.

I was opening a soup can and my thumb was in the direction of the can opening at which time when I lifted the lid cut me across the tip of my left thumb which caused it to bleed.

Job description
CookFood Prep Worker
SOC code
35-2021 — Food Preparation Workers
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
377
Total hours worked
319519
Establishment ID
498980
Employer case #
51375
Date of incident
Shift started
11:00
Time of incident
16:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
18FEB26:21:19:00

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.