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OSHA Injury Report: Lehigh Valley Hospital - 17

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Lehigh Valley Hospital - 17 in Allentown, PA 18102 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
Lehigh Valley Hospital - 17
Street
1627 W Chew Street
City
Allentown
State
PA
ZIP
18102
On-site location
Exam Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

employee performing duties as surgical technician

got stuck with needle holding patient during anesthesia wake up

needlestick hand right

needle patient

Needlestick Hand Right; Needle patient

Job description
Surgical Technician
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
705
Total hours worked
885756
EIN
231689692
Establishment ID
1124415
Employer case #
2024-0007
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
18:45
Filing year
2024
Submitted
12FEB2025:13:08:00

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.