Chicago, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL 60611 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was housekeeping Assistant Specialist I in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital
- Street
- 251 E Huron
- City
- Chicago
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60611
- On-site location
- FeinbergGalter 7th Floor Blood Bank Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
I was on lunch came back from lunch started to throw the trash away in the trash chute when I picked up the last bag I punctured myself.
What happened
While emptying trash at the trash chutes I picked up the garbage bag I pulled from blood bank and was punctured by something. I thought it was a needle but the blood bank said they don 't use syringes.
Injury or illness
Cut Laceration Puncture Hands Wrist
Object or substance involved
Needle Glass bottle not sure it was inside a garbage bag.
Summary line
While emptying trash at the trash chutes I picked up the garbage bag I pulled from blood bank and was punctured by something. I thought it was a needle but the blood bank said they don 't use syringes.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Housekeeping Assistant Specialist I
- SOC code
- 37-2012 — Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 19127
- Total hours worked
- 13011122
- Establishment ID
- 499022
- Employer case #
- 55240
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 20:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 18FEB26:21:19:00
Source
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.