Pottsville, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: LVH - Schuylkill
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at LVH - Schuylkill in Pottsville, PA 17901 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- LVH - Schuylkill
- Street
- 700 E Norwegian Street
- City
- Pottsville
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 17901
- On-site location
- operating room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
ee performing duties as surgical technologist. surgeon handed syringe with uncapped needle to employee after injecting local anesthesia into surgical site. ee was attempting to place syringe on her table when pt moved causing ee to get stuck in left thumb
What happened
surgeon handed syringe with uncapped needle to EE after injecting local anesthesia into surgical site. ee was attempting to place syringe on her back table when the pt moved causing ee to get stuck in left thumb
Injury or illness
needlestick thumb left
Object or substance involved
contaminated 25G needle
Summary line
needlestick thumb left
Employee and industry
- Job description
- surgical technician
- SOC code
- 29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 1282
- Total hours worked
- 1406906
- EIN
- 231352202
- Establishment ID
- 1124435
- Employer case #
- 2025-1442
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 13:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 11FEB26:13:35:00
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.