BETHLEHEM, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: STAR COMMUNITY HEALTH
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at STAR COMMUNITY HEALTH in BETHLEHEM, PA 18017 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sTERILE PROCESSING ASSISTANT DENTAL in hEALTHCARE.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- STAR COMMUNITY HEALTH
- Parent company
- ST LUKES UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
- Street
- 510 E BROAD STREET
- City
- BETHLEHEM
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18017
- On-site location
- BETHLEHEM STAR COMMUNITY HEALTH DENTAL OFFICE
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
PUTTING KIT IN WASHER
What happened
GRABBED A SCALING AND ROOT PLANING KIT TO PUT IT IN THE WASHER DID NOT NOTICE SCALER STICKING OUT AND SLICED MY RIGHT RING FINGER
Injury or illness
SIGNIFICANT BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN EXPOSURE RIGHT HAND FOURTH DIGIT
Object or substance involved
CONTAMINATED SCALER
Summary line
WHILE PUTTING SUPPLIES IN WASHER A CONTAMINATED SCALER SLICED FINGER RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN EXPOSURE RIGHT HAND FOURTH DIGIT
Employee and industry
- Job description
- STERILE PROCESSING ASSISTANT DENTAL
- SOC code
- 31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
- NAICS code
- 622110 — HEALTHCARE
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 288
- Total hours worked
- 471260
- EIN
- 232380812
- Establishment ID
- 1336707
- Employer case #
- 6
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:10
- Time of incident
- 17:00
- 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.