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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 sterile Processing Tech II in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Street
251 E Huron
City
Chicago
State
IL
ZIP
60611
On-site location
Lavin Family Pavilion 12th Floor NMH Lavin SPD Department
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
55

carrying a tray with three heavy clean but unsterile instruments to my desk

i had cut on my left finger and pain on my knee

Multiple Injuries Finger Hands Wrist Knee

i think an instrument

i had cut on my left finger and pain on my knee

Job description
Sterile Processing Tech II
SOC code
31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
19127
Total hours worked
13011122
Establishment ID
499022
Employer case #
54765
Date of incident
Shift started
7:15
Time of incident
8:40
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.