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OSHA Injury Report: Village of Arlington Heights - Fire Department

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Village of Arlington Heights - Fire Department in Arlington Heights, IL 60004 resulted in days away from work. Employee was firefighter II Paramedic in fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)).

Establishment
Village of Arlington Heights - Fire Department
Parent company
Village of Arlington Heights - Fire Department
Street
1150 N. Arlington Heights Road
City
Arlington Heights
State
IL
ZIP
60004
On-site location
Back Apron of fire station 1
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
155
Days restricted or transferred
25

[REDACTED] was training with a 28 ' extension ladder on the back apron at [REDACTED]

While extending the ladder the ladder twisted and employee lost control of the ladder causing the ladder to strike his left leg.

Pain to his left ankle and shin caused by the ladder striking employees leg

The ladder

Employees left ankle shin was struck with ladder while training with a 28 ' ladder

Job description
Firefighter II Paramedic
SOC code
33-2011 — Firefighters
NAICS code
922160 — Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private))
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
111
Total hours worked
265735
EIN
366005774
Establishment ID
675866
Employer case #
19
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:45:00.000
Submitted
14FEB24:17:26:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.