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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 cytology Processing Technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Kishwaukee Hospital
Street
1 Kish Hospital Drive
City
DeKalb
State
IL
ZIP
60115
On-site location
Kishwaukee Hospital 1st Floor KH Ultrasound Department

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

prepping a sample

What happened

A pathologist was pushing out specimen from a fine needle aspiration when the needle head shot off and punctured my forearm drawing blood.

Injury or illness

Cut Laceration Puncture Arms

Object or substance involved

needlestick blood exposure

Summary line

A pathologist was pushing out specimen from a fine needle aspiration when the needle head shot off and punctured my forearm drawing blood.

Employee and industry

Job description
Cytology Processing Technician
SOC code
29-2012: Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
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 #
54793

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
06:00
Time of incident
08:00
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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