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OSHA Injury Report: Palos Community Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights, IL 60463 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Palos Community Hospital
Street
12251 S 80th Avenue
City
Palos Heights
State
IL
ZIP
60463
On-site location
Palos Community Hosp 2nd Floor PH Behavioral Health Intake Department
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

I Preparing to send patient 's home medications to pharmacy.

Patient home medications withtwo insulin pens pricked me when picked bag I felt a stick dropped the bag on counterdesk.

Cut Laceration Puncture Finger

Needle

Patient home medications withtwo insulin pens pricked me when picked bag I felt a stick dropped the bag on counterdesk.

Job description
Registered Nurse
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 #
54756
Date of incident
Shift started
19:00
Time of incident
6:00
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.