Arlington Heights, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Northwest Community Hospital
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, IL 60005 resulted in days away from work. Employee was sterile Processing Technician Certified in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Northwest Community Hospital
- Parent company
- Endeavor Health
- Street
- 800 W Central Road
- City
- Arlington Heights
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60005
- On-site location
- Sterile Processing In Department by tray storage
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 21
Before the incident
Loading trays and cases to case carts
What happened
Per EE: I was picking cases pulling soft goods and Instrument trays for patients loading them on cases carts and pulling the case cart to the rooms I just finished loading my cart with all my soft goods and trays I went to pull the cart with both hand I s
Injury or illness
Strain or Tear Shoulder s Soft Tissue-Neck Upper Back Area Thoracic Area right right side right sided upper and mid back pain
Object or substance involved
Material handling
Summary line
Per EE: I was picking cases pulling soft goods and Instrument trays for patients loading them on cases carts and pulling the case cart to the rooms I just finished loading my cart with all my soft goods and trays I went to pull the cart with both hand I s
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sterile Processing Technician Certified
- SOC code
- 31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 4488
- Total hours worked
- 6655303
- EIN
- 362340313
- Establishment ID
- 1514772
- Employer case #
- S2025-220
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 20:00
- Time of incident
- 22:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 26FEB26:23:38:00
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.