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 ALLENTOWN, PA 18102 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was pATIENT CARE ASSISTANT 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 SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTEEN
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
DISPOSING VACUETTE [REDACTED] POST BLOOD DRAW
What happened
WHILE DISPOSING NEEDLE AFTER BLOOD DRAW NEEDLES SAFETY MECHANISM WAS NOT ENGAGED STICKING EMPLOYEE CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOOD BORNE PATHOGEN EXPOSURE NEEDLESTICK TO RIGHT THIRD DIGIT
Injury or illness
EXPOSURE BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN
Object or substance involved
NEEDLESTICK
Summary line
EXPOSURE BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN FINGERS BY NEEDLESTICK
Employee and industry
- Job description
- PATIENT CARE ASSISTANT
- SOC code
- 31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110 — HEALTHCARE
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 684
- Total hours worked
- 1081333
- EIN
- 231352213
- Establishment ID
- 1336706
- Employer case #
- 26
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:38
- Time of incident
- 22:40
- 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.