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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 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
Palos Community Hosp 3rd Floor PH SG4N Med Surg Department

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
14

Before the incident

Performing a discharge clean.

What happened

During routine work activities I began to experience pain in my right elbow radiating down through my arm and hand. This occurred towards the end of my shift while cleaning a discharged patient room.

Injury or illness

Sprain Strain (From repetitive activity) Arms

Object or substance involved

Repetitive motions.

Summary line

During routine work activities I began to experience pain in my right elbow radiating down through my arm and hand. This occurred towards the end of my shift while cleaning a discharged patient room.

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 #
55131

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
15:00
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.