Sandwich, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Valley West Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Valley West Hospital in 1302 N Main Street, Sandwich, IL 60548 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was staff Nurse Outpt Kish in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
deaccessing port
What happened
Discarding pts port needle that he de-accessed himself. Port needle was not disengaged properly. Went to discard; needle punctured R thumb.
Injury or illness
Cut Laceration Puncture Arms
Object or substance involved
Needlestick exposed to patient 's blood
Summary line
Discarding pts port needle that he de-accessed himself. Port needle was not disengaged properly. Went to discard; needle punctured R thumb.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Staff Nurse Outpt Kish
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 203
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 278,486
- Establishment ID
- 498980
- Employer case #
- 41106
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 11:15
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-16
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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