DeKalb, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Kishwaukee Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb, IL 60115 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was cytology Processing Technician 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
- 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
- Avg employees
- 1436
- Total hours worked
- 1709933
- Establishment ID
- 498973
- Employer case #
- 54793
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 8:00
- 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.