Coal Township, PA · 2024-12-05

OSHA Injury Report: GEISINGER SHAMOKIN AREA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On 2024-12-05, an injury at GEISINGER SHAMOKIN AREA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL in 4200 Hospital Road, Coal Township, PA 17866 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was environmental service technician in healthcare.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment: GEISINGER SHAMOKIN AREA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Parent company: Geisinger Health
Street: 4200 Hospital Road
City: Coal Township
State: PA
ZIP: 17866
On-site location: Wing 6 Operating Room 1st Floor Soiled Utility Room

What was the outcome?

Outcome: Other recordable case (code 4)
Type: Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Disposing of Trash

What happened

When placing contaminated trash in receptor metal rods in bag scraped employee 's Left Lower Arm

Injury or illness

Left Lower Arm Laceration

Object or substance involved

Contaminated Metal Rods

Summary line

When placing contaminated trash in receptor metal rods in bag scraped employee 's Left Lower [REDACTED] Left Lower [REDACTED] Laceration

Employee and industry

Job description: ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE TECHNICIAN
SOC code: 37-2019: Building Cleaning Workers, All Other
NAICS code: 622110: Healthcare
NAICS vintage: 2012
Employees at this establishment (2024 average): 400
Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total): 570,904
EIN: 240795959
Establishment ID: 217342
Employer case #: 1M01M01395

When (timing detail)

Date of incident: 2024-12-05
Shift started: 07:00
Time of incident: 20:40
Filing year: 2024
Submitted to OSHA: 2025-02-27

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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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