DeKalb, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Kishwaukee Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Kishwaukee Hospital in 1 Kish Hospital Drive, DeKalb, IL 60115 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was certified Surgical Tech 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
- Other Building Kishwaukee Hospital Operating Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
We were closing the patient during a lap chole. The doctor was going to inject the remaining local.
What happened
When handing the doctor local I went to remove the cap. The cap fell off as soon as I went to grab it and I stuck myself with the needle in my pinky.
Injury or illness
Cut Laceration Puncture Finger
Object or substance involved
Needlestick exposed to patient 's blood.
Summary line
When handing the doctor local I went to remove the cap. The cap fell off as soon as I went to grab it and I stuck myself with the needle in my pinky.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Certified Surgical Tech
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,436
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,709,933
- Establishment ID
- 498973
- Employer case #
- 55187
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:45
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-18
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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