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 lICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE ACUTE CARE 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 2ND FLOOR
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
INJECTIONS
What happened
EMPLOYEE WAS PROVIDING CARE TO A PATIENT AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT PATIENT REQUIRED INSULIN DUE TO BLOOD SUGAR BEING HEIGHTENED UPON RETRACTING A NEEDLE OUT OF THE PATIENT THIS [REDACTED] STRUCK LEFT THUMB WITH NEEDLE BEFORE GUARD WAS PUT OVER NEEDLE
Injury or illness
BBP EXPOSURE LEFT THUMB
Object or substance involved
NEEDLE
Summary line
BLOODBORNE [REDACTED] EXPOSURE LEFT THUMB ADMINISTERING INSULIN TO PATIENT
Employee and industry
- Job description
- LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE ACUTE CARE
- SOC code
- 29-2061 — Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Healthcare
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 734
- Total hours worked
- 1007796
- EIN
- 231352203
- Establishment ID
- 1180861
- Employer case #
- 28
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:43:00.000
- Time of incident
- 0:15:00.000
- 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.