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 surgical Tech 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
- Palos Community Hosp 1st Floor PH OR Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
Before the incident
I was cleaning up the extras from my room to get ready for the next case.
What happened
I was picking up two loaner trays and transferring them to the extras cart when the bottom blue plastic tray fell out of my hands. My right index middle and ring got smashed and bent between the tray and metal shelf.
Injury or illness
Bruise Contusion Finger
Object or substance involved
The loaner trays and the metal shelf of the cart.
Summary line
I was picking up two loaner trays and transferring them to the extras cart when the bottom blue plastic tray fell out of my hands. My right index middle and ring got smashed and bent between the tray and metal shelf.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Tech
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- 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 #
- 55104
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:45
- Time of incident
- 09:15
- 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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