ALLENTOWN, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: ST LUKES SACRED HEART HOSPITAL
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at ST LUKES SACRED HEART HOSPITAL in 421 CHEW ST, ALLENTOWN, PA 18102 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was licensed practical nurse in healthcare.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- ST LUKES SACRED HEART HOSPITAL
- Parent company
- ST LUKES UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
- Street
- 421 CHEW ST
- City
- ALLENTOWN
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18102
- On-site location
- PATIENT ROOM
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
ADMINISTERING INJECTIONS
What happened
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RESTRAIN A COMBATIVE PATIENT CHARGE NURSE GAVE THE PATIENT TWO INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTIONS OF IM [REDACTED] AND IM [REDACTED] WHILE HANDING OFF THE USED NEEDLES THE PATIENT WAS FLAILING HER LEGS AND BODY WHICH NUDGED THE CHARGE NURSES HAND WHICH THE NEEDLE PUNCTURED THE EMPLOYEES RIGHT INDEX FINGER PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT GLOVES WERE ON AND THE WOUND WAS IMMEDIATELY CLEANED WITH SOAP AND WATER AND ALCOHOL PAD THE NEEDLE INVOLVED WAS A BD SAFETY GLIDE TWENTY TWO GAUGE ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES CHARGE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SLIDE THE SAFETY TIP DEVICE WHEN SHE WAS BUMPED INTO PATIENT THE PATIENTS BODY
Injury or illness
SIGNIFICANT BLOOD BORNE PATHOGEN EXPOSURE NEEDLESTICK RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Object or substance involved
NEEDLESTICK
Summary line
SIGNIFICANT BLOOD BORNE PATHOGEN EXPOSURE NEEDLESTICK TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER WHILE ADMINISTERING INJECTION TO MOVING PATIENT
Employee and industry
- Job description
- LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE
- SOC code
- 29-2061: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: HEALTHCARE
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 684
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,081,333
- EIN
- 231352213
- Establishment ID
- 1336706
- Employer case #
- 12
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:45
- Time of incident
- 20:00
- 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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