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
- MED SURG 3RD FLOOR
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
[REDACTED]
What happened
EMPLOYEE WAS DOING AN IV ON A PT RN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND PULLED NEEDLE OUT THE SAFETY LOCK DID NOT ENGAGE BUT NURSE WAS DISTRACTED WITH BLOOD FLOWING OUT OF PTS ARM AND PLACED NEEDLE ON TABLE WHILE CLEANING UP THE NEEDLE POKED LIGHTLY ON [REDACTED] LEFT PALM
Injury or illness
BBP EXPOSURE LEFT PALM
Object or substance involved
NEEDLE
Summary line
BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN EXPOSURE LEFT PALM DURING REMOVAL OF IV
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 #
- 22
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:38:00.000
- Time of incident
- 3:00:00.000
- 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.