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OSHA Injury Report: Advocate South Suburban Hospital

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Advocate South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest, IL 60429 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cLERICAL in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Advocate South Suburban Hospital
Parent company
Advocate Health Care
Street
17800 South Kedzie Avenue
City
Hazel Crest
State
IL
ZIP
60429
On-site location
3 west
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
19
Days restricted or transferred
118

I was putting up stock 10 boxes of different suppliers from 3 cases of paper and supplies 4 boxes of coffee and forms and etcWhen the nurse xxxxx ask if I can help open an Antibotic bag while she was looking for the scissors when pulled the bag on the side I heard a pop in my thumb it was instant pain.

At the nurses station on [REDACTED]

Strain

opening up a bag of antibiotics

I thought it was dislocated or sprain so just iced and kept given problem so i went to local midwest urgent clinic they took xray no break but maybe a sprain wrapped thumb and did the exercise presented the pain continued i consulted a Ortho when he exa

Job description
CLERICAL
SOC code
43-9061 — Office Clerks, General
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1359
Total hours worked
2329109
Establishment ID
72885
Employer case #
23 015185
Date of incident
Time of incident
10:00:00.000
Submitted
23FEB24:20:34:00

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.