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OSHA Injury Report: Palos Community Hospital

Injury · Days away from work

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.

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
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
45
Days restricted or transferred
2

Picking surgery cases

It happened when pulling a case cart from the elevator with heavy unused trays from the OR

Sprain Strain (acute incident) Hands Wrist

Heavy case cart

It happened when pulling a case cart from the elevator with heavy unused trays from the OR

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
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00
Time of incident
21:45
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.