Decatur, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Decatur Memorial Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Decatur Memorial Hospital in 2300 N. Edward St., Decatur, IL 62526 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was room Service Operator in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Decatur Memorial Hospital
- Parent company
- Memorial Health
- Street
- 2300 N. Edward St.
- City
- Decatur
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 62526
- On-site location
- Office
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Got up out of chair stepping up to printer to reach for papers. felt like something snapped in my lower back and tremendous pain shot over my body from tingling in my arms and all way down in my legs and feet I could not move for a few minutes and it almost brought me down. As I tried to get back to my chair pain was still all over.
What happened
Got up out of chair stepping up to printer to reach for papers. felt like something snapped in my lower back and tremendous pain shot over my body from tingling in my arms and all way down in my legs and feet I could not move for a few minutes and it almost brought me down. As I tried to get back to my chair pain was still all over.
Injury or illness
Strain; back-lower (lumbar).
Object or substance involved
Ergonomic. Reached for papers and felt sudden strain in back. Pain strain; lower back (lumbar)
Summary line
Strain; back-lower (lumbar). - Ergonomic. Reached for papers and felt sudden strain in back. Pain strain; lower back (lumbar)
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Room Service Operator
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 1,718
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 2,687,834
- Establishment ID
- 969304
- Employer case #
- EV20241012
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 10:30
- Time of incident
- 10:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-18
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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