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OSHA Injury Report: *Einstein Medical Center Elkins Park

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at *Einstein Medical Center Elkins Park in Elkins Park, PA 19027 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered Nurse.

Establishment
*Einstein Medical Center Elkins Park
Parent company
Einstein Healthcare Network
Street
60 Township Line Rd
City
Elkins Park
State
PA
ZIP
19027
On-site location
EMCEP 1 West RM 106-1
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was administering heparin injection to a patient the patient flinched back causing used needle to come out of skin and sticking employee in hand with used needle.

Employee was administering heparin injection to a patient the patient flinched back causing used needle to come out of skin and sticking employee in hand with used needle.

*Contact With Contaminated Hypodermic Needle Left Hand

Needle

Employee was administering heparin injection to a patient the patient flinched back causing used needle to come out of skin and sticking employee in hand with used needle.

Job description
Registered Nurse
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1269
Total hours worked
1243834
EIN
231396794
Establishment ID
981254
Employer case #
ELKN-2023-
Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
21:00:00.000
Submitted
12FEB24:23:47:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.