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OSHA Injury Report: City of Decatur (Police)

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at City of Decatur (Police) in Decatur, IL 62521 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was police Seargeant in police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native).

Establishment
City of Decatur (Police)
Parent company
City of Decatur
Street
707 W. South Side Dr.
City
Decatur
State
IL
ZIP
62521
On-site location
650 E Wood St, Decatur, IL 62521
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

The employee was attempting to detain a suspect who was resisting arrest.

The employee was attempting to detain a suspect who was resisting arrest. In the process of taking the individual to the ground for handcuffing the employee struck his left kneecap against gravel and crushed his left hand between the individual and the ground.

Pain to the left knee. Pain to the left hand.; Left Knee(LowerExtremities)

The gravel ground.

SPRAIN STRAIN TEAR KNEE(S) Detaining resistant subject Fall L Knee

Job description
Police Seargeant
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
922120 — Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
159
Total hours worked
281658
EIN
376001308
Establishment ID
1320921
Employer case #
M358907
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
16:15
Filing year
2024
Submitted
20FEB2025:18:34:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.