EASTON, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: ST LUKES EASTON HOSPITAL
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at ST LUKES EASTON HOSPITAL in 250 SOUTH 21ST STREET, EASTON, PA 18042 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was phlebotomist in healthcare.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- ST LUKES EASTON HOSPITAL
- Parent company
- ST LUKES UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
- Street
- 250 SOUTH 21ST STREET
- City
- EASTON
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18042
- On-site location
- PATIENT ROOM
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
TAKING SPECIMEN FROM PATIENT
What happened
AFTER SPECIMEN WAS DRAWN FOR PATIENT WENT TO ACTIVATE SAFETY SHIELD WHICH THEN POPPED OFF AND ENDED UP STICKING EMPLOYEE IN THE THUMB PATIENT WAS ASKED TO COME BACK AND COMPLETE EXPOSURE PANEL BUT REFUSED NEEDLE THAT WAS USED WAS A [REDACTED] GAUGE BD ECLIPSE VACUTAINER
Injury or illness
BLOOD BORNE PATHOGEN EXPOSURE THUMB
Object or substance involved
TWENTY ONE GAUGE BD ECLIPSE VACUTAINER
Summary line
SIGNIFICANT BLOOD BORNE PATHOGEN EXPOSURE LEFT THUMB WENT TO ACTIVATE SAFETY SHIELD WHICH THEN POPPED OFF AND ENDED UP STICKING MYSELF WITH BD ECLIPSE VACUTAINER
Employee and industry
- Job description
- PHLEBOTOMIST
- SOC code
- 31-9097: Phlebotomists
- NAICS code
- 622110: HEALTHCARE
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 293
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 469,489
- EIN
- 844475993
- Establishment ID
- 1336697
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:49
- Time of incident
- 08:22
- 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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