DeKalb, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Kishwaukee Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Kishwaukee Hospital in 1 Kish Hospital Drive, DeKalb, IL 60115 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was staff Nurse Outpt Kish 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
- Kish Cancer Center IRCC 1st Floor KH Oncology Infusion Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Preparing to administer a SQ injection
What happened
This RN was administering a SQ injection of [REDACTED] to patient 's right arm using a 25gx58in needle. Needle pierced through the pt 's skin and into the side of the index finger on my left hand.
Injury or illness
Cut Laceration Puncture Finger
Object or substance involved
Needle stick exposed to pt 's blood and medication that was in the syringe Nplate.
Summary line
This RN was administering a SQ injection of [REDACTED] to patient 's right arm using a 25gx58in needle. Needle pierced through the pt 's skin and into the side of the index finger on my left hand.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Staff Nurse Outpt Kish
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- 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 #
- 54713
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 10:15
- 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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