Arlington Heights, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Northwest Community Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, IL 60005 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse 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
- 2S patient room 230
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Administering heparin
What happened
[REDACTED] EE: I was activating the safety feature of the needle after administering a heparin injection and accidentally stuck my thumb while trying to do so.
Injury or illness
Contaminated Sharp Thumb left thumb
Object or substance involved
heparin needle
Summary line
[REDACTED] EE: I was activating the safety feature of the needle after administering a heparin injection and accidentally stuck my thumb while trying to do so.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Registered Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 4488
- Total hours worked
- 6655303
- EIN
- 362340313
- Establishment ID
- 1514772
- Employer case #
- S2025-206
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 20:55
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 26FEB26:23:38:00
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.