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OSHA Injury Report: Palos Community Hospital

Injury · Days away from work

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.

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
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
14

Performing a discharge clean.

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.

Sprain Strain (From repetitive activity) Arms

Repetitive motions.

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.

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
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
15:00
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.