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 Allentown, PA 18102 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was eNVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AIDE 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
- FUSION 4TH FLOOR
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
JANITORIAL SERVICES
What happened
EMPLOYEE WENT TO REMOVE REGULAR TRASH BAG IN IN FUSION ON THE 4TH FLOOR AND WAS STABBED BY A NEEDLE LEFT IN THE BAG INSTEAD OF PROPERLY PUT IN SHARP CONTAINER
Injury or illness
BBP EXPOSURE HAND
Object or substance involved
NEEDLE
Summary line
[REDACTED] HAND STRUCK BY NEEDLE IN TRASH
Employee and industry
- Job description
- ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AIDE
- SOC code
- 37-2019 — Building Cleaning Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Healthcare
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 743
- Total hours worked
- 1127246
- EIN
- 231352213
- Establishment ID
- 1180868
- Employer case #
- 21
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:06:00.000
- Time of incident
- 17:20:00.000
- Submitted
- 01MAR24:15:37:00
Source
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.