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OSHA Injury Report: Village of Arlington Heights - Fire Department

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Village of Arlington Heights - Fire Department in 1150 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60004 resulted in days away from work. Employee was firefighter II Paramedic in fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)).

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Village of Arlington Heights - Fire Department
Parent company
Village of Arlington Heights - Fire Department
Street
1150 N. Arlington Heights Road
City
Arlington Heights
State
IL
ZIP
60004
On-site location
outside of Fire Training Tower

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
7

Before the incident

Employee was flowing a charged 2-1 2 hose line by without assistance.

What happened

The employees right ankle was clamping down a hose line and when the employee reached forward with his left hand to shut off the hose line employee felt his right hamstring pull.

Injury or illness

Pull to right hamstring.

Object or substance involved

hose line

Summary line

Pull to employees right hamstring when he reached forward with with left hand to shut the hoseline while clamping hoseline with right ankle.

Employee and industry

Job description
Firefighter II Paramedic
SOC code
33-2011 — Firefighters
NAICS code
922160 — Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private))
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
111
Total hours worked
265735
EIN
366005774
Establishment ID
675866
Employer case #
20

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Time of incident
15:00:00.000
Submitted
14FEB24:19:01:00

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Source

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.