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OSHA Injury Report: ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL in Abington, PA 19001 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rESPIRATORY THERAPIST in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Parent company
JEFFERSON HEALTH
Street
1200 Old York Rd
City
Abington
State
PA
ZIP
19001
On-site location
1200 OLD YORK ROAD Abington PA 19001
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was drawing labs on a patient when the patient moved and employee was stuck in the left middle finger with the used needle.

THE PATIENT WAS ORDERED AN ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS. THE PATIENT WAS DISORIENTED AND SLIGHTLY RESTLESS. IN DRAWING THE BLOOD GAS THE PATIENT HAD STARTED TO MOVE HIS ARM WHILE I WAS REMOVING THE NEEDLE AND THE NEEDLE HAD WENT THROUGH MY FINGER.

needle stick to left middle finger

needle

THE PATIENT WAS ORDERED AN ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS. THE PATIENT WAS DISORIENTED AND SLIGHTLY RESTLESS. IN DRAWING THE BLOOD GAS THE PATIENT HAD STARTED TO MOVE HIS ARM WHILE I WAS REMOVING THE NEEDLE AND THE NEEDLE HAD WENT THROUGH MY FINGER.

Job description
RESPIRATORY THERAPIST
SOC code
29-1126 — Respiratory Therapists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
7247
Total hours worked
7453245
EIN
231352152
Establishment ID
1152560
Employer case #
344
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
12:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
19FEB26:00:08:00

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.