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 800 W Central Road, 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
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 4,488
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 6,655,303
- EIN
- 362340313
- Establishment ID
- 1514772
- Employer case #
- S2025-202
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 11:55
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-26
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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