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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
FeinbergGalter 5th Floor Feinberg Surgery Department
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Patient care scrubbing in surgery

A needle used in closing surgical incision stuck me. My middle finger got a small poke in it through the glove. Small amount of blood noted through the cut showing it went through skin.

Cut Laceration Puncture Hands Wrist

Used needle

A needle used in closing surgical incision stuck me. My middle finger got a small poke in it through the glove. Small amount of blood noted through the cut showing it went through skin.

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 #
55078
Date of incident
Shift started
11:00
Time of incident
11:30
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.