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OSHA Injury Report: Valley West Hospital

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Valley West Hospital in Sandwich, IL 60548 resulted in days away from work. Employee was emergency Department Technician in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Valley West Hospital
Street
1302 N Main Street
City
Sandwich
State
IL
ZIP
60548
On-site location
Valley West Hospital 1st Floor VW Emergency Department Department
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
7
Days restricted or transferred
4

I was going to do wound care on a patient.

I was in a patient room and went to sit on the stool at the bedside to clean the patients wounds. Stool rolled out from under me and fell to the ground injuring my back and neck.

Multiple Injuries Back Buttock Hips Neck

the stool on wheels.

I was in a patient room and went to sit on the stool at the bedside to clean the patients wounds. Stool rolled out from under me and fell to the ground injuring my back and neck.

Job description
Emergency Department Technician
SOC code
29-2042 — Emergency Medical Technicians
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
377
Total hours worked
319519
Establishment ID
498980
Employer case #
54957
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
18:00
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.