EASTON, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: ST LUKES EASTON HOSPITAL
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at ST LUKES EASTON HOSPITAL in EASTON, PA 18042 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was pATIENT CARE ASSISTANT 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
- MED SURG THIRD FLOOR
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 21
Before the incident
TRYING TO ENSURE PATIENT SAFETY SO HE WOULD NOT FALL
What happened
WHILE TRYING TO ENSURE PATIENT SAFETY SO HE WOULD NOT FALL PATIENT PUT HIS HAND AROUND MY THROAT SHOVED ME BACK AGAINST THE BATHROOM DOOR JAM THEN PROCEEDED TO THROW ME BACKWARDS WHERE COWORKERS CAUGHT ME WHILE TRYING TO FREE MYSELF PATIENT STILL HAD MY SWEATSHIRT IN HIS GRIP UNTIL COWORKERS WERE ABLE TO RELEASE ME LOWER BACK IS HURTING
Injury or illness
STRAIN OF LOWER BACK
Object or substance involved
PATIENT ASSAULT
Summary line
LOWER BACK STRAIN PATIENT SHOVED EMPLOYEES TO AGAINST BATHROOM DOOR
Employee and industry
- Job description
- PATIENT CARE ASSISTANT
- SOC code
- 31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110 — HEALTHCARE
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 293
- Total hours worked
- 469489
- EIN
- 844475993
- Establishment ID
- 1336697
- Employer case #
- 11
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:45
- Time of incident
- 11:45
- 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.