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 LEHIGHTON, PA 18235 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rEGISTERED NURSE 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
- INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
EMPLOYEE STUCK BY A NEEDLE IN ANOTHER [REDACTED]S HAND WHILE UNDOING THE TOURNIQUET FOR THE OTHER [REDACTED]
What happened
FOURTH DIGIT RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND WAS STUCK BY A NEEDLE IN ANOTHER [REDACTED] HAND WHILE UNDOING THE TOURNIQUET FOR THE OTHER NURSE NEEDLE WAS CONTAMINATED FROM STICK ON PATIENT THIS NURSE WENT TO THE ST LUKES CARBON EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND SIGNED IN TRIAGE WAS COMPLETED BLOOD WORK WAS DRAWN NEEDLE INVOLVED IN INCIDENT GREINER [REDACTED] VACUETTE [REDACTED] TWENTY THREE GAUGE X THREE QUARTER INCH FINGER INVOLVED FOURTH DIGIT RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND
Injury or illness
SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO BLOOD BORNE PATHOGEN NEEDLESTICK FOURTH RIGHT DIGIT FINGER
Object or substance involved
NEEDLESTICK
Summary line
SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO BLOOD BORNE PATHOGEN NEEDLESTICK FOURTH RIGHT DIGIT FINGER
Employee and industry
- Job description
- REGISTERED NURSE
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — HEALTHCARE
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 424
- Total hours worked
- 643491
- EIN
- 861248931
- Establishment ID
- 1336696
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:39
- Time of incident
- 6:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 23JAN26:19:13:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.