Allentown, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: Lehigh Valley Hospital - 17
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Lehigh Valley Hospital - 17 in Allentown, PA 18102 resulted in job transfer or restriction. 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
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 7
Before the incident
employee performing duties as a sterile processing technician
What happened
bending down to place trays on lower shelf
Injury or illness
sprain strain back upper back area both
Object or substance involved
tray
Summary line
sprain strain back upper back area; tray
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 #
- 2024-0813
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 9:00
- Time of incident
- 12:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 12FEB2025:14:31:00
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.