QUAKERTOWN, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: ST LUKES QUAKERTOWN UPPER BUCKS HOSPITALS
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at ST LUKES QUAKERTOWN UPPER BUCKS HOSPITALS in QUAKERTOWN, PA 18951 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was pATIENT CARE ASSISTANT in hEALTHCARE.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- ST LUKES QUAKERTOWN UPPER BUCKS HOSPITALS
- Parent company
- ST LUKES UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
- Street
- 1021 PARK AVENUE
- City
- QUAKERTOWN
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18951
- On-site location
- MED SURG THIRD FLOOR
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 9
Before the incident
PATIENT GRABBED TECHS HAND AND PULLED THUMB BACKWARDS TEARING GLOVE IN HALF AND CAUSING PAIN
What happened
[REDACTED] AND TECH ENTERED ROOM TO PERFORM INCONTINENCE CARE FOR PATIENT PATIENT TOLD TO ROLL TOWARDS TECH AND PATIENT GRABBED TECHS HAND AND PULLED THUMB BACKWARDS TEARING GLOVE IN HALF AND CAUSING PAIN TO TECH UNTIL [REDACTED] REDIRECTED AND RESTRAINED PATIENT ARM AT HER SIDE UNTIL ALL PARTIES WERE SAFE BRUISING AND SWELLING NOW NOTED ON TECHS RIGHT HAND NEAR THUMB AND INDEX FINGER
Injury or illness
RIGHT THUMB SPRAIN
Object or substance involved
ASSUALT
Summary line
RIGHT THUMB SPRAIN CAUSED BY PATIENT ASSUALT PATIENT PULLED THUMB BACKWARDS
Employee and industry
- Job description
- PATIENT CARE ASSISTANT
- SOC code
- 31-1131 — Nursing Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110 — HEALTHCARE
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 845
- Total hours worked
- 1160141
- EIN
- 231352203
- Establishment ID
- 1336705
- Employer case #
- 17
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:34
- Time of incident
- 6:10
- 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.