Allentown, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: St. Luke's Sacred Heart Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at St. Luke's Sacred Heart Hospital in 421 Chew Street, Allentown, PA 18102 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical tech in healthcare.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- St. Luke's Sacred Heart Hospital
- Parent company
- St.Luke's University Health Network
- Street
- 421 Chew Street
- City
- Allentown
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18102
- On-site location
- NA
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
SURGICAL PREP
What happened
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A SCALPEL FROM A KNIFE HANDLE IN MY LEFT HAND WITH A NEEDLE HOLDER IN MY RIGHT HAND THE NEEDLE HOLDER SLIPPED AND I SLICED THE INNER FINGERTIP OF MY RIGHT THUMB
Injury or illness
LACERATION RIGHT THUMB
Object or substance involved
SCALPEL
Summary line
LACERATION RIGHT THUMB DURING SURGERY PREPARATION
Employee and industry
- Job description
- SURGICAL TECH
- SOC code
- 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110: Healthcare
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 743
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,127,246
- EIN
- 231352213
- Establishment ID
- 1180868
- Employer case #
- 19
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 14:30
- 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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