Quakertown, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: St. Luke's Quakertown & Upper Bucks Hospitals
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at St. Luke's Quakertown & Upper Bucks Hospitals in 1021 Park Avenue, Quakertown, PA 18951 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered nurse in healthcare.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- St. Luke's Quakertown & Upper Bucks Hospitals
- Parent company
- St.Luke's University Health Network
- Street
- 1021 Park Avenue
- City
- Quakertown
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18951
- On-site location
- LABOR AND DELIVERY
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
SHARPS DISPOSAL
What happened
EMPLOYEE STUCK AT BASE OF RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER INSERTED IV AND MISSED FIRST STICK EMPLOYEE UNSCREWED THE LAB ADAPTER FROM THE VACUCONTAINER WHILE WALKING TO THE SHARPS CONTAINER EMPLOYEE STUCK HIMSELF ACCIDENTALLY WITH THE NEEDLE UNDER THE RUBBER FROM THE ADAPTER
Injury or illness
BBP EXPOSURE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER
Object or substance involved
NEEDLE
Summary line
BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN EXPOSURE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER DURING DISPOSAL OF NEEDLE SHARPS CONTAINER
Employee and industry
- Job description
- REGISTERED NURSE
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: Healthcare
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 734
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,007,796
- EIN
- 231352203
- Establishment ID
- 1180861
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:52
- Time of incident
- 09:00
- 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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