# Cuts, lacerations at RUSH OAK PARK HOSPITAL, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016021798` · 2/20/2016 · OAK PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment while moving it
- **Source:** Medical and surgical instruments and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** RUSH OAK PARK HOSPITAL, INC.
- **Location:** 520 S. MAPLE, OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, 60301
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a BiPAP machine into the store room of the respiratory department and cut their thumb on the edge of the machine. The employee was later hospitalized for an infection.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*