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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 staff Nurse 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
Other Building 6HP
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
5

Charting on computer

I was sitting in cubby on desk chair back of chair upright. Back of chair suddenly gave way and I fell backwards and felt a pain in my low back. Pain has gotten worse as the morning has gone on.

Sprain Strain (acute incident) Back

Desk chair

I was sitting in cubby on desk chair back of chair upright. Back of chair suddenly gave way and I fell backwards and felt a pain in my low back. Pain has gotten worse as the morning has gone on.

Job description
Staff Nurse
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
3383
Total hours worked
3748953
Establishment ID
904634
Employer case #
55038
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
8:45
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.