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 registered 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
- EMERGENCY ROOM ROOM FIVE
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
CLOSING DOOR OF PATIENT ROOM
What happened
WHILE TRIAGING A PATIENT IN ROOM FIVE THE OVERHEAD SYSTEM WAS ACTIVATED AND EMPLOYEE WAS THEN UNABLE TO HEAR THE PATIENT EMPLOYEE THEN BEGAN CLOSING THE DOOR TO BETTER HEAR THE PATIENT BUT THE EMPLOYEE WAS DISTRACTED BY SOMETHING THE PATIENT WAS SAYING WHICH CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO CLOSE THE DOOR ON THEIR RIGHT THUMB
Injury or illness
FRACTURE RIGHT DISTAL THUMB
Object or substance involved
DOOR
Summary line
FRACTURE RIGHT DISTAL THUMB FROM CLOSING ROOM DOOR ON THUMB
Employee and industry
- Job description
- REGISTERED NURSE
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered 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 #
- 15
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:32
- Time of incident
- 09:30
- 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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