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OSHA Injury Report: ST LUKES SACRED HEART HOSPITAL

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at ST LUKES SACRED HEART HOSPITAL in ALLENTOWN, PA 18102 resulted in days away from work. Employee was lICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE in hEALTHCARE.

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
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
58
Days restricted or transferred
6

GETTING PATIENT MEDICATIONS

GETTING PATIENT MEDICATIONS EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE THE [REDACTED] STATION AND PATIENT WALKED UP TO THE WINDOW EMPLOYEE GREETED HIM AND TOLD HIM THAT SHE WAS HIS [REDACTED] HE ASKED EMPLOYEE IF HE COULD SIT AT THE PHONE AFTER MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION FOR HIS THIRTY MINUTE OBSERVATION EMPLOYEE SAID NO BECAUSE OF PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY EMPLOYEE DID ENSURE HIM THAT HE COULD WALK OVER FROM TIME TO TIME TO LOOK AT THE CLOCK HE WAS ARGUMENTATIVE ABOUT THAT THAT AND MENTIONED HOW ANOTHER [REDACTED] ALLOWS HIM TO DO SO ANOTHER [REDACTED] INTERVENED AT THIS TIME AND TOLD HIM THAT EMPLOYEE AND THAT OTHER [REDACTED] ARE TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE EMPLOYEE ALSO TOLD THE PATIENT THAT SHE COULD SET AN ALARM ON HER PHONE AND GO TO THE DINING ROOM AND NOTIFY HIM THAT HIS THIRTY MINUTES ARE UP A LITTLE LATER IN THE SHIFT PATIENT ASKED EMPLOYEE HOW MANY TIMES MUST A PERSON DO SOMETHING TO STAFF TO BE LET OFF THE UNIT THE EMPLOYEES RESPONSE WAS DO SOMETHING TO STAFF LIKE WHAT IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ATTACKING S

CONTUSION OF HEAD CONTUSION OF LEFT UPPER ARM CONCUSSION WITHOUT LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS

PATIENT ASSAULT

CONTUSION OF HEAD CONTUSION OF LEFT UPPER ARM AND CONCUSSION WITHOUT LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS SUSTAINED AFTER BEING ASSAULTED BY PATIENT WHILE GATHERING MEDICATIONS FOR PATIENT BEFORE THEY ATE

Job description
LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE
SOC code
29-2061 — Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — HEALTHCARE
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
684
Total hours worked
1081333
EIN
231352213
Establishment ID
1336706
Employer case #
20
Date of incident
Shift started
8:51
Time of incident
17:10
Filing year
2025
Submitted
23JAN26:19:55:00

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.