ALLENTOWN, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: ST LUKES ALLENTOWN HOSPITAL
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at ST LUKES ALLENTOWN HOSPITAL in 1736 HAMILTON STREET, ALLENTOWN, PA 18104 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered nurse in healthcare.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- ST LUKES ALLENTOWN HOSPITAL
- Parent company
- ST LUKES UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
- Street
- 1736 HAMILTON STREET
- City
- ALLENTOWN
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18104
- On-site location
- MED SURG EAST FIVE PATIENT ROOM
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
FLUSHING PIC LINE
What happened
I WAS FLUSHING MY PATIENTS PICC LINE AND HOOKING HER TPN UP AND THERE WAS A BLOOD CLOT AND I HAD TO CHANGE THE HUB AND THEN WHEN I FLUSHED IT LITERALLY SPRAYED ALL OVER ME AND THE PATIENT AND IT GOT IN MY EYE I FLUSHED MY EYE OUT AND INFORMED SUPERVISOR AND WENT TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Injury or illness
SIGNIFICANT BLOOD BORNE PATHOGEN EXPOSURE EYES
Object or substance involved
BLOODY BODILY FLUID
Summary line
WHILE FLUSHING PATIENTS PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL CATHETER LINE THAT HAD A BLOOD CLOT THE LINE SPLASHED BLOOD INTO EMPLOYEES EYES CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT BLOOD BORNE PATHOGEN EXPOSURE TO BOTH EYES
Employee and industry
- Job description
- REGISTERED NURSE
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: HEALTHCARE
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,412
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 2,159,783
- EIN
- 231352213
- Establishment ID
- 1336693
- Employer case #
- 37
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:38
- Time of incident
- 22:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-23
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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