Allentown, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Lehigh Valley Hospital - 17
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Lehigh Valley Hospital - 17 in 1627 W Chew Street, Allentown, PA 18102 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was medical assistant in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Lehigh Valley Hospital - 17
- Street
- 1627 W Chew Street
- City
- Allentown
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18102
- On-site location
- patient room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
performing duties as medical assistant
What happened
punctured left thumb with contaminated needle
Injury or illness
needlestick left thumb
Object or substance involved
needle
Summary line
needlestick left thumb
Employee and industry
- Job description
- medical assistant
- SOC code
- 31-9092: Medical Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 427
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 854,284
- EIN
- 231689692
- Establishment ID
- 1124415
- Employer case #
- 2023-1328
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-15
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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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