Chicago, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL 60611 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Services Clinical Nurse in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital
- Street
- 251 E Huron
- City
- Chicago
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60611
- On-site location
- FeinbergGalter 5th Floor NMH OR Genito Urinary Surgery Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
patient care. we were closing the case
What happened
i was punctured by a hypo needle on the hand. i had capped it correctly but when going to twist the capped hypo off of the syringe the cap popped off and struck my right palm.
Injury or illness
Cut Laceration Puncture Hands Wrist
Object or substance involved
needlestick exposed to patient blood
Summary line
i was punctured by a hypo needle on the hand. i had capped it correctly but when going to twist the capped hypo off of the syringe the cap popped off and struck my right palm.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Services Clinical Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 19127
- Total hours worked
- 13011122
- Establishment ID
- 499022
- Employer case #
- 54634
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 17:00
- 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.