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OSHA Injury Report: Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL 60611 resulted in other recordable case. 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
Prentice Pavilion 6th Floor NMH OR Gyne Department
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Loaded a clean blade during surgery

I loaded a knife handle with a clean blade during the middle of a procedure when the knife slipped and sliced my thumb

Cut Laceration Puncture Finger

clean blade during surgery wearing gloves that had patient blood on it

I loaded a knife handle with a clean blade during the middle of a procedure when the knife slipped and sliced my thumb

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 #
55040
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
15:45
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.