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OSHA Injury Report: DuPage County Health Department

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at DuPage County Health Department in Wheaton, IL 60187 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was dental Assistant in health program administration.

Establishment
DuPage County Health Department
Parent company
DuPage County Health Department
Street
111 N. County Farm Road
City
Wheaton
State
IL
ZIP
60187
On-site location
Cental Public Health Center Dental Clinic
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Giving local anesthesia injection to a client.

EE reports he was working at the dental clinic and the health department. EE states he was holding the suction tubing and the dentist was using a syringe to numb the area. EE states the patient moved causing the contaminated needle to puncture the right.

Puncture.

Needlestick

EE reports he was working at the dental clinic and the health department. EE states he was holding the suction tubing and the dentist was using a syringe to numb the area. EE states the patient moved causing the contaminated needle to puncture the right.

Job description
Dental Assistant
SOC code
31-9091 — Dental Assistants
NAICS code
923120 — Health program administration
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
624
Total hours worked
896905
EIN
366006553
Establishment ID
436030
Employer case #
DU-23-3001
Date of incident
Shift started
9:30:00.000
Time of incident
9:30:00.000
Submitted
16FEB24:19:54:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.