Palos Heights, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Palos Community Hospital
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights, IL 60463 resulted in days away from work. Employee was sterilizing Tech in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Palos Community Hospital
- Street
- 12251 S 80th Avenue
- City
- Palos Heights
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60463
- On-site location
- Palos Community Hosp Basement PH SPD Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 45
- Days restricted or transferred
- 2
Before the incident
Picking surgery cases
What happened
It happened when pulling a case cart from the elevator with heavy unused trays from the OR
Injury or illness
Sprain Strain (acute incident) Hands Wrist
Object or substance involved
Heavy case cart
Summary line
It happened when pulling a case cart from the elevator with heavy unused trays from the OR
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sterilizing Tech
- SOC code
- 31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 3383
- Total hours worked
- 3748953
- Establishment ID
- 904634
- Employer case #
- 54646
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 21:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 18FEB26:21:19:00
Source
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.