Elgin, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Advocate Sherman Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Advocate Sherman Hospital in 1425 North Randall Road, 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
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 1,779
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 2,933,105
- Establishment ID
- 72849
- Employer case #
- 24 017552
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 21:30
- 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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