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OSHA Injury Report: Decatur Memorial Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Decatur Memorial Hospital in 2300 N. Edward St., Decatur, IL 62526 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was room Service Operator in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Decatur Memorial Hospital
Parent company
Memorial Health
Street
2300 N. Edward St.
City
Decatur
State
IL
ZIP
62526
On-site location
Office

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Got up out of chair stepping up to printer to reach for papers. felt like something snapped in my lower back and tremendous pain shot over my body from tingling in my arms and all way down in my legs and feet I could not move for a few minutes and it almost brought me down. As I tried to get back to my chair pain was still all over.

What happened

Got up out of chair stepping up to printer to reach for papers. felt like something snapped in my lower back and tremendous pain shot over my body from tingling in my arms and all way down in my legs and feet I could not move for a few minutes and it almost brought me down. As I tried to get back to my chair pain was still all over.

Injury or illness

Strain; back-lower (lumbar).

Object or substance involved

Ergonomic. Reached for papers and felt sudden strain in back. Pain strain; lower back (lumbar)

Summary line

Strain; back-lower (lumbar). - Ergonomic. Reached for papers and felt sudden strain in back. Pain strain; lower back (lumbar)

Employee and industry

Job description
Room Service Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1718
Total hours worked
2687834
Establishment ID
969304
Employer case #
EV20241012

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
10:30
Time of incident
10:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
18FEB2025:21:38:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.