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OSHA Injury Report: St. Luke's Bethlehem Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at St. Luke's Bethlehem Hospital in Bethlehem, PA 18015 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rEGISTERED NURSE in healthcare.

Establishment
St. Luke's Bethlehem Hospital
Parent company
St.Luke's University Health Network
Street
801 Ostrum Street
City
Bethlehem
State
PA
ZIP
18015
On-site location
HURD PAVILION 7 MED SURG
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

PATIENT ASSISTANCE

PATIENT BECAME AGGRESSIVE AND STARTED THROWING THE SIDE TABLE AT RN AND PCA PATIENT RIPPED OUT HER IV LINE THAT WAS CONNECTED TO [REDACTED] AS THAT WAS HAPPENING FELT SOMETHING WET ON MY LIPS IMMEDIATELY AFTER EMPLOYEE FELT SOMETHING WET ON MY LIPS AND OTHER NURSES WERE ABLE TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE SITUATION FOR ME I RUBBED MY LIPS WITH AN ALCOHOL WIPE AND WASHED MY FACE TWICE WE NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BLOOD ON THE PATIENTS BATHROOM FLOOR

BBP EXPOSURE MOUTH LIPS

BLOOD

BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN EXPOSURE MOUTH LIPS DURING PATIENT RESTRAINTS RIPPED OUT IV

Job description
REGISTERED NURSE
SOC code
29-1141 — Registered Nurses
NAICS code
622110 — Healthcare
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
6259
Total hours worked
9501537
EIN
231352213
Establishment ID
1180856
Employer case #
179
Date of incident
Shift started
18:41:00.000
Time of incident
17:20:00.000
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.