Clearfield, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Penn Highlands Clearfield
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Penn Highlands Clearfield in 809 Turnpike Avenue, Clearfield, PA 16830 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was respiratory Therapist in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Penn Highlands Clearfield
- Parent company
- DuBois Regional Medical Center DBA Penn Highlands DuBois
- Street
- 809 Turnpike Avenue
- City
- Clearfield
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 16830
- On-site location
- ER
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Preparing to obtain Arterial blood gas from patient
What happened
Respiratory Therapist was sticking patient for repeat blood gas when the patient has jerked arm when the needle entered the skin. Then the needle had exited patient and needle then hit respiratory therapist finger tip.
Injury or illness
BBP Needlestick to left index finger
Object or substance involved
Needle
Summary line
NEEDLESTICK TO LT INDEX FINGER WHILE DOING BLOOD GAS PATIENT JERKED
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Respiratory Therapist
- SOC code
- 29-1126: Respiratory Therapists
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 329
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 400,774
- EIN
- 251490707
- Establishment ID
- 978039
- Employer case #
- CLFD-06
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-07
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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