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 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
- EXTENDED ACUTE CARE UNIT
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
EMPTYING THE DIRTY BASKET FOR THE TOWELS
What happened
EMPLOYEE WAS EMPTYING THE DIRTY BASKET FOR THE TOWELS AND MIDDLE FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE METAL HANDLE AND THE BAG WAS VERY FULL SO ALL THAT WEIGHT HURT FINGER
Injury or illness
STRAIN
Object or substance involved
METAL HANDLE ON BASKET
Summary line
STRAIN FINGERS BY METAL HANDLE ON BASKET
Employee and industry
- Job description
- 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 #
- 27
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 13:54
- Time of incident
- 19:30
- 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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