LEHIGHTON, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: ST LUKES CARBON HOSPITAL
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at ST LUKES CARBON HOSPITAL in 500 ST LUKES DRIVE, LEHIGHTON, PA 18235 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was travel certified surgical technician in healthcare.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- ST LUKES CARBON HOSPITAL
- Parent company
- ST LUKES UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
- Street
- 500 ST LUKES DRIVE
- City
- LEHIGHTON
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18235
- On-site location
- OPERATING ROOM
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
SURGERY
What happened
EMPLOYEE WAS SCRUBBED IN ON SURGICAL CASE WITH DOCTOR THE EXTERNAL FIXATION DEVICE WAS REMOVED FROM PATIENT A PIN THAT WAS IN THE PATIENT WAS REMOVED AND A PIN FROM THE FIX DEVICE DROPPED TO THE FLOOR AND NICKED THE EMPLOYEES LEG PIERCING THROUGH HIS SCRUB PANT MAKING A SMALL OPENING IN HIS LEG
Injury or illness
EXPOSURE BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN
Object or substance involved
PIN FROM EXTERNAL FIXATION DEVICE
Summary line
EXPOSURE BLOOD BORNE PATHOGEN SHARP INJURY TO LEG PIN FROM EXTERNAL FIXATION DEVICE
Employee and industry
- Job description
- TRAVEL CERTIFIED SURGICAL TECHNICIAN
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: HEALTHCARE
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 392
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 599,575
- EIN
- 861248931
- Establishment ID
- 1336696
- Employer case #
- 5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:47
- Time of incident
- 10:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-26
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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