DeKalb, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Kishwaukee Hospital
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Kishwaukee Hospital in 1 Kish Hospital Drive, DeKalb, IL 60115 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was l D Tech 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 2nd Floor KH Obstetrics Unit Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 8
Before the incident
Finished assisting a circumcision procedure then I was gathering dirty circumcision instruments together with gloved hands.
What happened
Upon attempting to unload the clean sterile scalpel blade off its handle the clamp that was used to remove the blade slipped off causing the blade to cut my finger.
Injury or illness
Cut Laceration Puncture Finger
Object or substance involved
Scalpel blade
Summary line
Upon attempting to unload the clean sterile scalpel blade off its handle the clamp that was used to remove the blade slipped off causing the blade to cut my finger.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- L D Tech
- SOC code
- 29-2099: Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
- 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 #
- 54128
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 11:00
- Time of incident
- 15:15
- 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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