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OSHA Injury Report: Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL 60611 resulted in days away from work. Employee was unit Secretary in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Street
251 E Huron
City
Chicago
State
IL
ZIP
60611
On-site location
FeinbergGalter 16th Floor Medicine 16 East Feinberg Department
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
86

Monitoring the patient by the room in hall pt is an elopement case

I sat with a pt who paced hallways urinated on floorswall and tried entering other pt rooms. EE redirected back to room when pt pushed and grabbed my wrist and again. After security left patient struck and pushed me when he again ran out of room.

Sprain Strain (acute incident) Back Hands Wrist

Patient used physical force and hands

I sat with a pt who paced hallways urinated on floorswall and tried entering other pt rooms. EE redirected back to room when pt pushed and grabbed my wrist and again. After security left patient struck and pushed me when he again ran out of room.

Job description
Unit Secretary
SOC code
43-6014 — Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medica
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
19127
Total hours worked
13011122
Establishment ID
499022
Employer case #
54637
Date of incident
Shift started
19:30
Time of incident
5:55
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.