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OSHA Injury Report: Swedish American Hospital - 4800

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Swedish American Hospital - 4800 in Rockford, IL 61104 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was medical Lab Scientist in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Swedish American Hospital - 4800
Parent company
UW Health Northern Illinois
Street
1401 E. State Street
City
Rockford
State
IL
ZIP
61104
On-site location
20.7040 microbiology lab
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

working on blood culture specimens

Was working on blood cultures when they went to cap the needle they accidently poked their finger.

left middle finger needle puncture wound from contaminated needle

bodily fluids on TB syringe

needle puncture wound left middle finger from contaminated needle

Job description
Medical Lab Scientist
SOC code
19-1042 — Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
2607
Total hours worked
4677706
EIN
362222696
Establishment ID
1013526
Employer case #
2023-0122
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00:00.000
Time of incident
1:40:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:18:47:00

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.