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OSHA Injury Report: Kishwaukee Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb, IL 60115 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was l D Tech in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Kishwaukee Hospital
Street
1 Kish Hospital Drive
City
DeKalb
State
IL
ZIP
60115
On-site location
Kishwaukee Hospital 2nd Floor KH Obstetrics Unit Department
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

During a c-section when I was replacing the needle into the holder I got stuck by the needle. The needle was held by the needle holder but I accidently hit it with my finger.

Needle stick during a c-section while adjusting a needle in the needle holder box I stuck my left finger.

Cut Laceration Puncture Finger

The needle went through both sets of sterile gloves blood exposure.

Needle stick during a c-section while adjusting a needle in the needle holder box I stuck my left finger.

Job description
L D Tech
SOC code
29-2099 — Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1436
Total hours worked
1709933
Establishment ID
498973
Employer case #
54989
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
12:45
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.