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OSHA Injury Report: Palos Community Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Palos Community Hospital in 12251 S 80th Avenue, Palos Heights, IL 60463 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was eVS Tech in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Palos Community Hospital
Street
12251 S 80th Avenue
City
Palos Heights
State
IL
ZIP
60463
On-site location
Other Building Auditorium main floor

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

auditorium chairs

What happened

i was setting up tables and chairs in the auditorium when were stacking the chairs on the base. I began to start pushing the chairs towards the storage room when they collapsed and fell down onto my lower right leg cutting the skin and making a bruise .

Injury or illness

Abrasion Scratch Legs

Object or substance involved

The bottom piece of the chair legs

Summary line

i was setting up tables and chairs in the auditorium when were stacking the chairs on the base. I began to start pushing the chairs towards the storage room when they collapsed and fell down onto my lower right leg cutting the skin and making a bruise .

Employee and industry

Job description
EVS Tech
SOC code
29-2099 — Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
3383
Total hours worked
3748953
Establishment ID
904634
Employer case #
54422

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
15:00
Time of incident
20:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
18FEB26:21:19:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.