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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 surgical 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 1st Floor PH OR Department
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
73

I had just finished passing instruments to surgeon clearing all instruments from the field and ready to doc the robot.

I was backing away from the field to make ready to bring in the robot. I tripped over a rolling stool that was not previously in that space. I fell over the stool the mayo stand and surgeon console

Multiple Injuries Arms Back Feet Hands Wrist Head Face Knee

wheel sitting stool mayo stand robotic surgeon console.

I was backing away from the field to make ready to bring in the robot. I tripped over a rolling stool that was not previously in that space. I fell over the stool the mayo stand and surgeon console

Job description
Surgical Tech
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
3383
Total hours worked
3748953
Establishment ID
904634
Employer case #
54850
Date of incident
Shift started
6:45
Time of incident
13:30
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.