Ephrata, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: Ephrata Community Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Ephrata Community Hospital in Ephrata, PA 17522 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sterile Processing Technician III.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Ephrata Community Hospital
- Parent company
- Wellspan Health
- Street
- 169 Martin Ave
- City
- Ephrata
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 17522
- On-site location
- Sterile Central Processing
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Preparring instruments to be precleaned. Instruments had not yet soaked in enzymatic solution.
What happened
When preparing instruments to be precleaned A surgical pick punctured the employees right hand middle finger when they were removing a second instrument set that had been wrongly placed on top of the first set.
Injury or illness
BBP - Needlestick Sharp Finger s Right hand middle finger
Object or substance involved
Metal surgical instrument described as a double ended pick. No visible blood noted.
Summary line
When preparing instruments to be precleaned A surgical pick punctured the employees right hand middle finger when they were removing a second instrument set that had been wrongly placed on top of the first set.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sterile Processing Technician III
- SOC code
- 31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
- NAICS code
- 622110
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 955
- Total hours worked
- 1336842
- EIN
- 231370484
- Establishment ID
- 603877
- Employer case #
- S2025-043
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 12:05
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 13FEB26:21:36:00
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.