Downers Grove, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in 3815 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL 60515 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was physician in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
- Parent company
- Advocate Health Care
- Street
- 3815 Highland Avenue
- City
- Downers Grove
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60515
- On-site location
- ED Bed Hallway D
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Believe needle stick occurred when I was placing the completed equipment in the sharps container
What happened
I drew the blood - I used the safety activation on the butterfly (21g green butterfly). I also used the vacutainer. I wore gloves. When I completed the draw threw the appropriate equipment in the sharps container I took off my glove and noticed blood in my glove. Looked at my left hand and noticed bleeding from the ulnar aspect of my middle phalanx of my middle finger. Irrigated Cleaned it immediately
Injury or illness
Puncture
Object or substance involved
Needle
Summary line
Bleeding puncture wound from the ulnar aspect of my middle phalanx of my middle finger. Appeared to puncture at a superficial venule of my finger. Believe needle stick occurred when I was placing the completed equipment in the sharps container
Employee and industry
- Job description
- PHYSICIAN
- SOC code
- 29-1229: Physicians, All Other
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 2,053
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 3,465,665
- Establishment ID
- 72802
- Employer case #
- 23 015872
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 18:05
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-23
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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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