Arlington Heights, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Northwest Community Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Northwest Community Hospital in 800 W Central Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60005 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was patient Care Technician in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Northwest Community Hospital
- Parent company
- Endeavor Health
- Street
- 800 W Central Road
- City
- Arlington Heights
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60005
- On-site location
- 2ES patient room 240
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Testing blood glucose
What happened
Per supervisor: PCT [REDACTED] reported accidental puncture of her skin as she was removing used blood glucose strip from glucometer after testing blood glucose for patient in room 240. She noted that her skin on her finger was broken and drop of blood appe
Injury or illness
Contaminated Sharp Finger s right middle finger
Object or substance involved
contaminated needlestick
Summary line
Per supervisor: PCT [REDACTED] reported accidental puncture of her skin as she was removing used blood glucose strip from glucometer after testing blood glucose for patient in room 240. She noted that her skin on her finger was broken and drop of blood ap
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Patient Care Technician
- SOC code
- 31-1131: Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 4,488
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 6,655,303
- EIN
- 362340313
- Establishment ID
- 1514772
- Employer case #
- S2026-002
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 18:35
- 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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