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OSHA Injury Report: Kishwaukee Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb, IL 60115 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was staff Nurse Inpatient Kish in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Kishwaukee Hospital
Street
1 Kish Hospital Drive
City
DeKalb
State
IL
ZIP
60115
On-site location
Kishwaukee Hospital 2nd Floor KH Obstetrics Unit Department
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Providing an injection to my patient.

While providing an injection the patient unexpectantly moved causing the needle to come out and scrapped my left wrist.

Cut Laceration Puncture Hands Wrist

Blood Exposure needle stick from a used needle.

While providing an injection the patient unexpectantly moved causing the needle to come out and scrapped my left wrist.

Job description
Staff Nurse Inpatient Kish
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1436
Total hours worked
1709933
Establishment ID
498973
Employer case #
52883
Date of incident
Shift started
19:00
Time of incident
22:17
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.