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OSHA Injury Report: GEISINGER SOUTH WILKES BARRE

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at GEISINGER SOUTH WILKES BARRE in Wilkes Barre, PA 18765 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was aMBULATORY SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST in healthcare.

Establishment
GEISINGER SOUTH WILKES BARRE
Parent company
Geisinger Health
Street
25 Church Street
City
Wilkes Barre
State
PA
ZIP
18765
On-site location
Operating Department 2nd Floor Room 4
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Suturing a Patient Wound

When suturing a patients wound employee grabbed the needle inside the suture mag and stuck Left Thumb.

Left Thumb Puncture

Contaminated Needle

When suturing a patients wound employee grabbed the needle inside the suture mag and stuck Left Thumb.

Job description
AMBULATORY SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — Healthcare
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
526
Total hours worked
841831
EIN
231996150
Establishment ID
1360871
Employer case #
4A2510248
Date of incident
Shift started
6:15
Time of incident
12:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
26FEB26:18:09:00

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.