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OSHA Injury Report: UPMC Altoona

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at UPMC Altoona in Altoona, PA 16601 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was physician Assistant ER in general Medical and Surgical Hospitals.

Establishment
UPMC Altoona
Parent company
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Street
620 Howard Avenue
City
Altoona
State
PA
ZIP
16601
On-site location
Emergency Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Suturing pt

Cleaning up supplies and stuck finger with a needle

Finger Needle Stick

305901 NEEDLE SAFETY 25G X 5 8IN SUBCUT 50 BX 10 CA

R middle finger NPW suturing patient

Job description
Physician Assistant ER
SOC code
29-1071 — Physician Assistants
NAICS code
622110 — General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1792
Total hours worked
2584708
EIN
231352155
Establishment ID
185037
Employer case #
78
Date of incident
Shift started
12:00
Time of incident
18:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
26FEB26:17:29:00

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.