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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 emergency Department Tecchnician 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
20.6780 Emergency Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Inserting an IV

During IV insertion the patient jerked arm away causing IV catheter to fall out of patient 's arm. When applying 2x2 gauze noted left index finger wound.

possible bloodborne pathogen exposure left index finger

IV needle and blood

possible bloodborne pathogen exposure needle puncture wound left index finger from IV catheter needle

Job description
Emergency Department Tecchnician
SOC code
29-2042 — Emergency Medical Technicians
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 #
2023-0135
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00:00.000
Time of incident
20:35:00.000
Submitted
29FEB24:12:08:00

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.