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OSHA Injury Report: Valley West Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Valley West Hospital in Sandwich, IL 60548 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was staff Nurse Outpt Kish in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Valley West Hospital
Street
1302 N Main Street
City
Sandwich
State
IL
ZIP
60548
On-site location
Kish Cancer Center IRCC 1st Floor KH Oncology Infusion Department
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

deaccessing port

Discarding pts port needle that he de-accessed himself. Port needle was not disengaged properly. Went to discard; needle punctured R thumb.

Cut Laceration Puncture Arms

Needlestick exposed to patient 's blood

Discarding pts port needle that he de-accessed himself. Port needle was not disengaged properly. Went to discard; needle punctured R thumb.

Job description
Staff Nurse Outpt Kish
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
203
Total hours worked
278486
Establishment ID
498980
Employer case #
41106
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:15:00.000
Submitted
16FEB24:22:03:00

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.