Allentown, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: Lehigh Valley Hospital - 17
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Lehigh Valley Hospital - 17 in Allentown, PA 18102 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sterile Processing Technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Lehigh Valley Hospital - 17
- Street
- 1627 W Chew Street
- City
- Allentown
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18102
- On-site location
- sterile processing
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
while performing duties of a sterile processing technician
What happened
employee was placing a tray of half cleaned instruments into washer and a forceps poked her left middle finger
Injury or illness
puncture laceration-contaminated finger(s) left
Object or substance involved
forceps
Summary line
puncture laceration - contaminated finger(s) left; forceps
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sterile Processing Technician
- SOC code
- 31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
- 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 #
- 2024-0795
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 9:10
- Time of incident
- 10:18
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 12FEB2025:14:29:00
Source
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.