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
- Day Surgery Ramp
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 42
Before the incident
Taking case cart to sterile processing
What happened
[REDACTED]: I was taking a case cart down from Day Surgery to SPD that had turnover trays in it. As I was going down the ramp from day surgery water came from up under the case cart and I slipped on the water and fell hard. The case cart dragged me down the
Injury or illness
Fracture Strain or Tear Back All Other Shoulder s Wrist left wrist low back pain right shoulder strain
Object or substance involved
wet floor
Summary line
[REDACTED]: I was taking a case cart down from Day Surgery to SPD that had turnover trays in it. As I was going down the ramp from day surgery water came from up under the case cart and I slipped on the water and fell hard. The case cart dragged me down t
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 #
- S2025-202
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 11:55
- 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.