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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 medical Laboratory Scientist 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 Emergency Department Department
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Running lab work on a stroke patient. I needed to adjust the additive level for proper testing and had ER redraw.

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.

Cut Laceration Puncture Finger

Needlestick exposed to patient 's blood

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.

Job description
Medical Laboratory Scientist
SOC code
19-1042 — Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
377
Total hours worked
319519
Establishment ID
498980
Employer case #
53938
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
12:30
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.