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 Palos Heights, IL 60463 resulted in days away from work. Employee was eVS 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 3rd Floor PH SG4N Med Surg Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 14
Before the incident
Performing a discharge clean.
What happened
During routine work activities I began to experience pain in my right elbow radiating down through my arm and hand. This occurred towards the end of my shift while cleaning a discharged patient room.
Injury or illness
Sprain Strain (From repetitive activity) Arms
Object or substance involved
Repetitive motions.
Summary line
During routine work activities I began to experience pain in my right elbow radiating down through my arm and hand. This occurred towards the end of my shift while cleaning a discharged patient room.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- EVS Tech
- SOC code
- 29-2099 — Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 3383
- Total hours worked
- 3748953
- Establishment ID
- 904634
- Employer case #
- 55131
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 15:00
- 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.