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 surgical Technologist 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
- main OR 9
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Disposing of suture needle in sharps container
What happened
[REDACTED]: i was trying to put the suture in the sharps container amd the needle holder slipped from my hand and it hit my finger on my left hand when it fell
Injury or illness
Contaminated Sharp Finger s left index finger
Object or substance involved
Suture needle
Summary line
[REDACTED]: i was trying to put the suture in the sharps container amd the needle holder slipped from my hand and it hit my finger on my left hand when it fell
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Technologist
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- 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 #
- S2025-202
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- 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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