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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 surgical Services Clinical Nurse in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Street
251 E Huron
City
Chicago
State
IL
ZIP
60611
On-site location
FeinbergGalter 5th Floor Feinberg Surgery Department
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
4

I dropped off specimen and was walking back into the OR by the scrub sinks

Walking back to OR room didn 't see puddle of cleaning fluid on ground. Right foot caught puddle rolled and slid out from underneath me. I hit ground feeling sharp pain in ankle. It began to swell and hurt to walk on it.

Sprain Strain (acute incident) Feet

wet floor

Walking back to OR room didn 't see puddle of cleaning fluid on ground. Right foot caught puddle rolled and slid out from underneath me. I hit ground feeling sharp pain in ankle. It began to swell and hurt to walk on it.

Job description
Surgical Services Clinical Nurse
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
19127
Total hours worked
13011122
Establishment ID
499022
Employer case #
54949
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
12:08
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.