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OSHA Injury Report: Advocate Sherman Hospital

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin, IL 60123 resulted in days away from work. Employee was nURSE in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Advocate Sherman Hospital
Parent company
Advocate Health Care
Street
1425 North Randall Road
City
Elgin
State
IL
ZIP
60123
On-site location
Patient Room 61201
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
9

Boosting a patient with a physician.

We had to boost the patient up twice. Felt a twinge in my lower back when boosted patient. It was sore at first. I used heat packs on my back the [REDACTED]. Worked [REDACTED] and came home coughed and back completely went out and was unable to move without extreme back pain and spasming. Went to the Emergency Room on [REDACTED] for treatment and pain relief. Per ED physician off work for a few days follow up with employee health and ortho.

Strain

patient

Lower back pain spasming travels down to legs.

Job description
NURSE
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1779
Total hours worked
2933105
Establishment ID
72849
Employer case #
23 017183
Date of incident
Time of incident
9:00:00.000
Submitted
23FEB24:20:34:00

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.