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 500 ST LUKES DRIVE, LEHIGHTON, PA 18235 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was certified protection officer 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
- SECURE HOLDING SECURE CORRIDOR
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT BEGAN ACTING ERRATICALLY ATTEMPTING TO ELOPE FROM SECURE HOLDINGSECURE CORRIDOR EMPLOYEE ENTERED THE SECURE HOLDING OFFICE TO RETRIEVE GLOVES AND SPEAK TO THE PATIENT BEFORE EMPLOYEE COULD FULLY PUT ON GLOVES THE PATIENT SHATTERED THE OFFICE WINDOW WITH THEIR CANE OUT OF FEAR OF SELFHARM FURTHER DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY AND HARM OF OTHERS EMPLOYEE QUICKLY ENTERED THE ROOM WITHOUT GLOVES AND TOOK CONTROL OF THE PATIENT TO ALLOW THE BYSTANDING PATIENT IN SECURE HOLDING TO SAFELY LEAVE THE OFFENDING PATIENT WAS PHYSICALLY RESTRAINED
What happened
AFTER THE BYSTANDING PATIENT WAS ABLE TO LEAVE AND MORE STAFF ARRIVED FOR THE CONTROL TEAM PATIENT WAS ASSISTED IN STANDING AND IT WAS NOTICED THAT BOTH THE PATIENT AND I HAD BEEN CUT BY THE GLASS
Injury or illness
LACERATION
Object or substance involved
GLASS
Summary line
SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO BLOOD BORNE PATHOGEN LEFT HAND PUNCTURE AND POSSIBLE MIXTURE WITH PATIENT BLOOD
Employee and industry
- Job description
- CERTIFIED PROTECTION OFFICER
- SOC code
- 33-9032: Security Guards
- NAICS code
- 622110: HEALTHCARE
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 424
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 643,491
- EIN
- 861248931
- Establishment ID
- 1336696
- Employer case #
- 9
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:57
- Time of incident
- 05:43
- 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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