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OSHA Injury Report: Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL 60611 resulted in days away from work. Employee was patient Care Technician in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Street
251 E Huron
City
Chicago
State
IL
ZIP
60611
On-site location
Prentice Pavilion 14th Floor 14 Prentice Oncology Department
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
5

Writer was sitting in chair with other staff members during downtime in shift stood to reach for a writing utensil. Move back to sit back into chair when it slipped.

in huddle room and sitting in chair when reaching for writing utensil and re-sit back into foldable chair with wheels chair folded and slipped away causing me to fall to floor on glutes and tail bone. Also used left hand to brace for fall.

Sprain Strain (acute incident) Hands Wrist

Foldable chair with wheels folding in on itself and slipping behind writer. Pain present in left hand used to brace for fall.

in huddle room and sitting in chair when reaching for writing utensil and re-sit back into foldable chair with wheels chair folded and slipped away causing me to fall to floor on glutes and tail bone. Also used left hand to brace for fall.

Job description
Patient Care Technician
SOC code
31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
19127
Total hours worked
13011122
Establishment ID
499022
Employer case #
55068
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.