Sandwich, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Valley West Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Valley West Hospital in 1302 N Main Street, Sandwich, IL 60548 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was medical Laboratory Scientist in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Valley West Hospital
- Street
- 1302 N Main Street
- City
- Sandwich
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60548
- On-site location
- Valley West Hospital 1st Floor VW Emergency Department Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Running lab work on a stroke patient. I needed to adjust the additive level for proper testing and had ER redraw.
What happened
When I was transferring blood from a syringe to a tube and as I pulled the needle out of the tube I stuck my finger.
Injury or illness
Cut Laceration Puncture Finger
Object or substance involved
Needlestick exposed to patient 's blood
Summary line
When I was transferring blood from a syringe to a tube and as I pulled the needle out of the tube I stuck my finger.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Medical Laboratory Scientist
- SOC code
- 19-1042: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 377
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 319,519
- Establishment ID
- 498980
- Employer case #
- 53938
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 12:30
- 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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