Winfield, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Central DuPage Hospital
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL 60190 resulted in days away from work. Employee was sanitation Tech in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Central DuPage Hospital
- Street
- 25 N Winfield Road
- City
- Winfield
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60190
- On-site location
- CDH A Building ER 1st Floor Lab Administration Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 7
Before the incident
pulling trash and bio from around the main lab.
What happened
There were 13 waste cans fill to top with specimen. I pulled them out to put in the trash bin then had to pull them out the trash bin and load in the autoclave. I went home and my shoulders started hurting.
Injury or illness
Sprain Strain (acute incident) Shoulder
Object or substance involved
the biohazard waste being too full
Summary line
There were 13 waste cans fill to top with specimen. I pulled them out to put in the trash bin then had to pull them out the trash bin and load in the autoclave. I went home and my shoulders started hurting.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sanitation Tech
- SOC code
- 53-7081 — Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 6155
- Total hours worked
- 6547041
- Establishment ID
- 498981
- Employer case #
- 54272
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 14:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 18FEB26:21:19:00
Source
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.