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 patient Care 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 4th 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
- 52
Before the incident
Transferring a patient from the bed to the bathroom.
What happened
Assisted patient transfer from bed to bathroom. Pt unsteady while standing with a walker. To prevent a fall and pt IV line dislodgment I guided patient onto toilet. During process I hit metal toilet support with my right thighupper leg.
Injury or illness
Sprain Strain (acute incident) Legs
Object or substance involved
Metal toilet supporthandrail.
Summary line
Assisted patient transfer from bed to bathroom. Pt unsteady while standing with a walker. To prevent a fall and pt IV line dislodgment I guided patient onto toilet. During process I hit metal toilet support with my right thighupper leg.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Patient Care Tech
- SOC code
- 31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 3383
- Total hours worked
- 3748953
- Establishment ID
- 904634
- Employer case #
- 55211
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 11:30
- 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.