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OSHA Injury Report: Advocate South Suburban Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Advocate South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest, IL 60429 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was nURSE in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Advocate South Suburban Hospital
Parent company
Advocate Health Care
Street
17800 South Kedzie Avenue
City
Hazel Crest
State
IL
ZIP
60429
On-site location
4NS 4114 Bed 1
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Administering heparin injection.

Administering heparin injection and patient started to bleed. Reached for towel to dab the bleed to stop it and stuck my right palm.

Puncture

Needle

Scratch across right palm. Administering heparin injection and patient started to bleed. Reached for towel to dab the bleed to stop it and stuck my right palm.

Job description
NURSE
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1359
Total hours worked
2329109
Establishment ID
72885
Employer case #
23 016608
Date of incident
Time of incident
15:13:00.000
Submitted
04MAR24:19:23:00

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.