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OSHA Injury Report: Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA 19104 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rN in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Establishment
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Parent company
Trustees of University of Pennsylvania
Street
39th & Powellton Avenue
City
Philadelphia
State
PA
ZIP
19104
On-site location
P4150-CUPP PAVILION 5 EAST
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

I was pressing the button for the elevator and my pinky touched the metal plate that the button is connected to and I felt a shock into my pinky causing me to scream. Within 5-10 mins my entire hand and arm began to throb and feel weird and hot.

I was pressing the button for the elevator and my pinky touched the metal plate that the button is connected to and I felt a shock into my pinky causing me to scream. Within 5-10 mins my entire hand and arm began to throb and feel weird and hot.

Electric Shock - Hand - Within 5-10 mins my entire hand and arm began to throb and feel weird and hot.

Elevator

I was pressing the button for the elevator and my pinky touched the metal plate that the button is connected to and I felt a shock into my pinky causing me to scream. Within 5-10 mins my entire hand and arm began to throb and feel weird and hot.

Job description
RN
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
2987
Total hours worked
4808842
EIN
232810852
Establishment ID
299678
Employer case #
BAM-004951
Date of incident
Shift started
6:50:00.000
Time of incident
3:28:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:19:03:00

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.