DeKalb, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Kishwaukee Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Kishwaukee Hospital in 1 Kish Hospital Drive, DeKalb, IL 60115 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was staff Nurse Inpatient Kish in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Kishwaukee Hospital
- Street
- 1 Kish Hospital Drive
- City
- DeKalb
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60115
- On-site location
- Kishwaukee Hospital 1st Floor KH Emergency Department Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Recapping a used needle.
What happened
Provided an injection and while recapping the needle I suffered a needle stick to the left thumb.
Injury or illness
Cut Laceration Puncture Finger
Object or substance involved
Blood exposure needle stick from a used needle.
Summary line
Provided an injection and while recapping the needle I suffered a needle stick to the left thumb.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Staff Nurse Inpatient Kish
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,436
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,709,933
- Establishment ID
- 498973
- Employer case #
- 52683
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 13:00
- Time of incident
- 19:10
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-18
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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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