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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 reg Rad Tech II 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 1st Floor PH XRay Department
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3
Days restricted or transferred
28

Doing portables.

I was positioning an x-ray board under a patient that was on a waffle bed. Patient refused to turn. I felt immediate pain when i pushed board because it got stuck in between the waffle.

Sprain Strain (acute incident) Shoulder

exertion. Nurse insisted on xray to be done and refused to help

I was positioning an x-ray board under a patient that was on a waffle bed. Patient refused to turn. I felt immediate pain when i pushed board because it got stuck in between the waffle.

Job description
Reg Rad Tech II
SOC code
29-2099 — Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
3383
Total hours worked
3748953
Establishment ID
904634
Employer case #
54639
Date of incident
Shift started
23:30
Time of incident
4:00
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.