Evanston, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Evanston Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Evanston Hospital in 2650 Ridge Ave, Evanston, IL 60201 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was medical Laboratory Scientist Technical Specialist in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Evanston Hospital
- Parent company
- Endeavor Health
- Street
- 2650 Ridge Ave
- City
- Evanston
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60201
- On-site location
- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
scraping tumor material from a slide for DNA extraction
What happened
Per EE: I was scraping tumor material from a slide for DNA extraction and subsequent sequencing. While transferring a tiny fragment of the material from the scalpel tip into a 1.5 mL tube the scalpel slipped and punctured my right index finger.
Injury or illness
Contaminated Sharp Finger s right index finger
Object or substance involved
contaminated scalpel
Summary line
Per EE: I was scraping tumor material from a slide for DNA extraction and subsequent sequencing. While transferring a tiny fragment of the material from the scalpel tip into a 1.5 mL tube the scalpel slipped and punctured my right index finger.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Medical Laboratory Scientist Technical Specialist
- SOC code
- 19-1042: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 2,549
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 3,493,735
- EIN
- 362167060
- Establishment ID
- 1514766
- Employer case #
- S2025-222
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:30
- Time of incident
- 07:40
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-26
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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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