Bethlehem, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: St. Luke's Physician Group PA
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at St. Luke's Physician Group PA in 801 Ostrum Street, Bethlehem, PA 18105 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was physician assistant in healthcare.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- St. Luke's Physician Group PA
- Parent company
- St.Luke's University Health Network
- Street
- 801 Ostrum Street
- City
- Bethlehem
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18105
- On-site location
- OR
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
PROCEDURE MEDICAL
What happened
WHILE SUTURING THE PATIENT WE NEEDED TO BOVIE A BLEEDER I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE SUTURING NEEDLE HAD BEEN PLACED DOWN ON THE OPERATING TABLE AFTER USING THE BOVIE I PLACED MY HAND DOWN ONTO THE NEEDLE AND IT STABBED ME ON THE RIGHT INDEX FINGERTIP NO BLEEDING
Injury or illness
BBP EXPOSURE RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Object or substance involved
SUTURING NEEDLE
Summary line
BLOODBORNE [REDACTED] EXPOSURE RIGHT INDEX FINGER SUTURING A PATIENT
Employee and industry
- Job description
- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
- SOC code
- 29-1071: Physician Assistants
- NAICS code
- 622110: Healthcare
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 4,327
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 6,778,757
- EIN
- 232380812
- Establishment ID
- 1180866
- Employer case #
- 66
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-01
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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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