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 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
- GI SCOPE ROOM
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
ROOM SERVICES
What happened
EMPLOYEE CLEANING GI SCOPE ROOM IN BETWEEN PATIENTS BIOPSY FORCEPS WAS STICKING OUT OF THE SHARPS CONTAINER NOT COVERED I HAD WALKED BY THE SHARPS CONTAINER AND FORCEPS [REDACTED] HAD STRUCK LEFT PINKY FINGER ON HAND
Injury or illness
BBP EXPOSURE LEFT PINKY FINGER
Object or substance involved
FORCEPS INSTRUMENT
Summary line
BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN EXPOSURE LEFT PINKY FINGER DURING ROOM CLEANING STRUCK BY NEEDLE FROM SHARPS CONTAINER
Employee and industry
- Job description
- REGISTERED NURSE
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Healthcare
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 734
- Total hours worked
- 1007796
- EIN
- 231352203
- Establishment ID
- 1180861
- Employer case #
- 11
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00:00.000
- 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.