Sandwich, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Valley West Hospital
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Valley West Hospital in 1302 N Main Street, Sandwich, IL 60548 resulted in days away from work. Employee was EVS Tech in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Valley West Hospital
- Street
- 1302 N Main Street
- City
- Sandwich
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60548
- On-site location
- Valley West Hospital 1st Floor VW Pharmacy Admin Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 21
- Days restricted or transferred
- 146
Before the incident
Changing out trash bags.
What happened
I was changing the plastic bag for the non hazardous medical blue container and when I pick it up I felt my back shift with a sharp pain
Injury or illness
Sprain Strain (acute incident) Back
Object or substance involved
Overfilled trash bag.
Summary line
I was changing the plastic bag for the non hazardous medical blue container and when I pick it up I felt my back shift with a sharp pain
Employee and industry
- Job description
- EVS Tech
- SOC code
- 37-2019: Building Cleaning Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 208
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 296,301
- Establishment ID
- 498980
- Employer case #
- 46896
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 10:50
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-28
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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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