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 reg Rad Tech II 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 1st Floor PH XRay Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
- Days restricted or transferred
- 28
Before the incident
Doing portables.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Sprain Strain (acute incident) Shoulder
Object or substance involved
exertion. Nurse insisted on xray to be done and refused to help
Summary line
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.
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 23:30
- Time of incident
- 4:00
- 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.