LEHIGHTON, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: ST LUKES LEHIGHTON HOSPITAL
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at ST LUKES LEHIGHTON HOSPITAL in 211 NORTH 12TH STREET, LEHIGHTON, PA 18235 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was weekend behavioral health technician in healthcare.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- ST LUKES LEHIGHTON HOSPITAL
- Parent company
- ST LUKES UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
- Street
- 211 NORTH 12TH STREET
- City
- LEHIGHTON
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18235
- On-site location
- HALLWAY
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 21
Before the incident
ESCORTING AGGRESSIVE PATIENT
What happened
PATIENT WAS VERBALLY AGGRESSIVE TOWARD A NURSE IN DAY ROOM ON YOUNGER ADULT EMPLOYEE ESCORTED PATIENT OUT OF DAY [REDACTED] WHILE IN [REDACTED] PATIENT TARGETED ANOTHER PATIENT PATIENT WAS TRYING TO ATTACK ANOTHER PATIENT EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO TRY TO ESCORT PATIENT AWAY AND PATIENT PROCEEDED TO TRY TO ATTACK THE OTHER PATIENT EMPLOYEE TRIED TO KEEP PATIENT FROM ATTACKING THE OTHER PATIENT IN PROCESS OF KEEPING HIM AWAY FROM THE OTHER PATIENT EMPLOYEE FELL TO GROUND WITH PATIENT AND LANDED HARD ON THEIR RIGHT KNEE PATIENT WAS RESTRAINED ON FLOOR BY STAFF AS HE WAS STILL BEING AGGRESSIVE
Injury or illness
RIGHT KNEE CONTUSION
Object or substance involved
FELL WITH PATIENT HIT KNEE ON FLOOR
Summary line
RIGHT KNEE CONTUSION ESCORTING AGGRESSIVE PATIENT FELL WITH PATIENT
Employee and industry
- Job description
- WEEKEND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN
- SOC code
- 29-2099: Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
- NAICS code
- 622110: HEALTHCARE
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 213
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 385,964
- EIN
- 231352213
- Establishment ID
- 1336700
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:39
- Time of incident
- 20:15
- 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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