ALLENTOWN, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: ST LUKES SACRED HEART HOSPITAL
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at ST LUKES SACRED HEART HOSPITAL in 421 CHEW ST, ALLENTOWN, PA 18102 resulted in days away from work. Employee was weekend behavioral health technician 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
- DINING ROOM
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
Before the incident
FEEDING PATIENT
What happened
WAS PHYSICALLY ATTACK BY A PATIENT IN THE DINING ROOM SHE POURED DRINKS ON THE EMPLOYEE USE HER PLATE TO HIT AND TRAY ON EMPLOYEES LEFT ARM AND SHOULDER CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE SEVERE PAIN EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WHERE THEY WERE CHECK HAD XRAY DONE THERE WAS NO BONE BROKEN BUT UNABLE TO LIFT THEIR ARM WAS GIVEN A DOCTORS NOTE FOR [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] OFF
Injury or illness
CONTUSION LEFT SHOULDER AND LEFT ARM
Object or substance involved
PATIENT ASSAULT
Summary line
CONTUSION LEFT SHOULDER AND LEFT ARM SUSTAINED WHILE FEEDING PATIENT THE PATIENT GREW AGGRESSIVE AND ASSAULT EMPLOYEE
Employee and industry
- Job description
- WEEKEND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN
- SOC code
- 29-2099: Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
- 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 #
- 18
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:45
- Time of incident
- 17:30
- 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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