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 12251 S 80th Avenue, Palos Heights, IL 60463 resulted in days away from work. Employee was staff Nurse 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
- Other Building 6HP
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 5
Before the incident
Charting on computer
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Sprain Strain (acute incident) Back
Object or substance involved
Desk chair
Summary line
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.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Staff Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 3,383
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 3,748,953
- Establishment ID
- 904634
- Employer case #
- 55038
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 08:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-18
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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