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 phlebotomist 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
- KPG Dekalb Clinic 1st Floor KH Lab Sycamore Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Activating the safety device. I was using a 21-gauge needle.
What happened
Completed a blood draw and while activating the safety the arm of my chair came up causing the needle to stick my left hand.
Injury or illness
Cut Laceration Puncture Hands Wrist
Object or substance involved
needlestick blood exposure
Summary line
Completed a blood draw and while activating the safety the arm of my chair came up causing the needle to stick my left hand.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Phlebotomist
- SOC code
- 31-9097: Phlebotomists
- 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 #
- 53531
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:30
- Time of incident
- 10:15
- 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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