Chicago, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Northwestern Medical Group
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Northwestern Medical Group in 680 North Lakeshore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was advanced Practice Registered Nurse in MDs' (medical doctors, except mental health) offices (e.g., centers, clinics).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Northwestern Medical Group
- Street
- 680 North Lakeshore Drive
- City
- Chicago
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60611
- On-site location
- Olson Pavilion 1st Floor NMDTI Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 4
Before the incident
I had just completed doing a bone marrow biopsy
What happened
When getting ready to clean up after a procedure I was covering the work tray to clean up the sharps and the small scalpel flipped and went into my lower hand. The scalpel was used to puncture the skin of the pt for the procedure.
Injury or illness
Cut Laceration Puncture Hands Wrist
Object or substance involved
Small scalpel included in the bone marrow biopsy kit
Summary line
When getting ready to clean up after a procedure I was covering the work tray to clean up the sharps and the small scalpel flipped and went into my lower hand. The scalpel was used to puncture the skin of the pt for the procedure.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1171: Nurse Practitioners
- NAICS code
- 621111: MDs' (medical doctors, except mental health) offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 9,478
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 14,107,451
- Establishment ID
- 499020
- Employer case #
- 54608
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 09:45
- 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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