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OSHA Injury Report: St. Luke's Quakertown & Upper Bucks Hospitals

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at St. Luke's Quakertown & Upper Bucks Hospitals in Quakertown, PA 18951 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was rEGISTERED NURSE in healthcare.

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
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
9

PATIENT ASSISTANCE

EMPLOYEE ASSISTED PATIENT WITH CHANGING FROM LAYING POSITION IN BED TO MOVING TO THE BEDSIDE CHAIR WHEN ASSISTING PATIENT SO THE SIDE OF THE BED PCA WAS SWINGING PTS LEGS AROUND WHILE RN SUPPORTED PTS BACK BY PULLING IN TO THE LEFT AND KEEPING IT UPRIGHT TO PREVENT THEM FROM FALLING BACK AND HURTING THEMSELVES WHILE ASSISTING THE PT WITH KEEPING AN UPRIGHT POSTURE EMPLOYEE FELT AN IMMEDIATE SHOCK IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BACK

STRAIN BACK LOWER

PATIENT

STRAIN BACK LOWER LUMBAR SACRAL PATIENT LIFT

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 #
31
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:15:37:00

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.