St Marys, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Penn Highlands Elk
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Penn Highlands Elk in 763 Johnsonburg Road, St Marys, PA 15857 resulted in days away from work. Employee was phlebotomistsecretary in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Penn Highlands Elk
- Parent company
- Elk Regional Health Center DBA Penn Highlands Elk
- Street
- 763 Johnsonburg Road
- City
- St Marys
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 15857
- On-site location
- MED SURG
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
Before the incident
Drawing a patient 's blood.
What happened
Employee was bent over drawing a patient 's blood work when they went to stand up felt a pop and a pinch in their lower left back causing pain back buttocks and down left leg.
Injury or illness
Strain to lower back
Object or substance involved
Body mechanics while drawing blood
Summary line
STRAIN TO LOWER BACK AFTER STANDING UP FROM TAKING BLOOD
Employee and industry
- Job description
- PHLEBOTOMISTSECRETARY
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 301
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 333,346
- EIN
- 250585280
- Establishment ID
- 978046
- Employer case #
- PHE-5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-11
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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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