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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 staff Nurse 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 2nd Floor PH Perinatal Department
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
38

Prior to the incident I was assigned to help circulate during the cesarean section. .

Anesthesia requested the patient be repositioned on OR table. During this I sustained an injury. I did not notice the discomfort right away. But within 10 mins I felt pain in the right side of my neck that shoots down my right arm to my fingers.

Sprain Strain (acute incident) Arms Finger Neck Shoulder

The patients body weight while repositioning in bed

Anesthesia requested the patient be repositioned on OR table. During this I sustained an injury. I did not notice the discomfort right away. But within 10 mins I felt pain in the right side of my neck that shoots down my right arm to my fingers.

Job description
Staff Nurse
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
3383
Total hours worked
3748953
Establishment ID
904634
Employer case #
55137
Date of incident
Shift started
6:45
Time of incident
13:30
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.