Palos Heights, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Palos Community Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights, IL 60463 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse FlexHHC in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Palos Community Hospital
- Street
- 12251 S 80th Avenue
- City
- Palos Heights
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60463
- On-site location
- Other Building 10000 w 131st palos park 60464
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
I was placing a optifoam dressing on a wound
What happened
After putting on secondary dressing on pt wound i cleaned patient 's scissors with an alcohol swab before accidently punctured my gloved left index finger I went to the bathroom and use own antibacterial soap to wash hands for 20 seconds.
Injury or illness
Cut Laceration Puncture Finger
Object or substance involved
scissors
Summary line
After putting on secondary dressing on pt wound i cleaned patient 's scissors with an alcohol swab before accidently punctured my gloved left index finger I went to the bathroom and use own antibacterial soap to wash hands for 20 seconds.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Registered Nurse FlexHHC
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 3383
- Total hours worked
- 3748953
- Establishment ID
- 904634
- Employer case #
- 54746
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 11:30
- 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.