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 resident PGY I 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
- OPERATING ROOM
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
PERFORMING PROCEDURE
What happened
WHILE PERFORMING PROCEDURE ON PATIENT EMPLOYEE WAS POKED BY CONTAMINATED BLADE AND SUSTAINED A SIGNIFICANT BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN EXPOSURE PUNCTURE TO RIGHT HAND THIRD DIGIT
Injury or illness
EXPOSURE BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN
Object or substance involved
USED SCALPEL
Summary line
EXPOSURE [REDACTED] PATHOGEN [REDACTED] BY USED SCALPEL
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RESIDENT PGY I
- SOC code
- 00-9900: Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- 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 #
- 47
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 11:30
- 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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