Evanston, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Evanston Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Evanston Hospital in 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
- Avg employees
- 2549
- Total hours worked
- 3493735
- EIN
- 362167060
- Establishment ID
- 1514766
- Employer case #
- S2025-222
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:30
- Time of incident
- 7:40
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 26FEB26:23:31:00
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.