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OSHA Injury Report: Palos Community Hospital

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Palos Community Hospital in 12251 S 80th Avenue, Palos Heights, IL 60463 resulted in days away from work. Employee was reg Rad Tech II 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
Palos Community Hosp 1st Floor PH XRay Department

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3
Days restricted or transferred
28

Before the incident

Doing portables.

What happened

I was positioning an x-ray board under a patient that was on a waffle bed. Patient refused to turn. I felt immediate pain when i pushed board because it got stuck in between the waffle.

Injury or illness

Sprain Strain (acute incident) Shoulder

Object or substance involved

exertion. Nurse insisted on xray to be done and refused to help

Summary line

I was positioning an x-ray board under a patient that was on a waffle bed. Patient refused to turn. I felt immediate pain when i pushed board because it got stuck in between the waffle.

Employee and industry

Job description
Reg Rad Tech II
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 #
54639

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
23:30
Time of incident
4:00
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.