Elgin, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Advocate Sherman Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin, IL 60123 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Advocate Sherman Hospital
- Parent company
- Advocate Health Care
- Street
- 1425 North Randall Road
- City
- Elgin
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60123
- On-site location
- Department 5A
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Throwing away needle
What happened
I gave the patient their Lantus injection in the upper right arm. Upon withdrawing plunger did not close after injection. I went to throw away in sharps container and accidently hit my gloved hand with the needle. I removed my glove and noticed blood to my left thumb.
Injury or illness
Puncture
Object or substance involved
needle
Summary line
needle stick
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 1779
- Total hours worked
- 2933105
- Establishment ID
- 72849
- Employer case #
- 24 017552
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 21:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 23FEB24:20:34:00
Source
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.