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OSHA Injury Report: Palos Community Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights, IL 60463 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was food Service Worker in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Palos Community Hospital
Street
12251 S 80th Avenue
City
Palos Heights
State
IL
ZIP
60463
On-site location
Palos Community Hosp 3rd Floor Elevator Department
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

I was taking carts of food to floors.

I was pushing the cart on to the elevator and felt a sharp pain in my back right side. Traveling down my leg.

Sprain Strain (acute incident) Back Buttock Hips Legs

moving the food cart

I was pushing the cart on to the elevator and felt a sharp pain in my back right side. Traveling down my leg.

Job description
Food Service Worker
SOC code
35-3041 — Food Servers, Nonrestaurant
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
3383
Total hours worked
3748953
Establishment ID
904634
Employer case #
54531
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
12:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
18FEB26:21:19:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.