Chicago, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 5
Before the incident
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.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Sprain Strain (acute incident) Hands Wrist
Object or substance involved
Foldable chair with wheels folding in on itself and slipping behind writer. Pain present in left hand used to brace for fall.
Summary line
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.
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 18:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 18FEB26:21:19:00
Source
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.