Allentown, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: St. Luke's Allentown Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at St. Luke's Allentown Hospital in 1736 Hamilton Street, Allentown, PA 18101 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was registered nurse in healthcare.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- St. Luke's Allentown Hospital
- Parent company
- St.Luke's University Health Network
- Street
- 1736 Hamilton Street
- City
- Allentown
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18101
- On-site location
- MED SURG EAST 4
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
INJECTIONS
What happened
EMPLOYEE GAVE THE PATIENT INSULIN IN HIS ARM WHEN EMPLOYEE WENT TO GO ACTIVATE THE SAFETY EMPLOYEE BUMPED HAND WITH THE OTHER HAND AND STUCK MY THUMB WITH THE NEEDLE THROUGH THE GLOVE
Injury or illness
BBP EXPOSURE THUMB
Object or substance involved
NEEDLE
Summary line
[REDACTED] EXPOSURE THUMB DURING INSULIN INJECTION TO PATIENT
Employee and industry
- Job description
- REGISTERED NURSE
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: Healthcare
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 1,355
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 2,090,765
- EIN
- 231352213
- Establishment ID
- 1180854
- Employer case #
- 34
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:46
- Time of incident
- 16:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-01
More injuries at St. Luke's Allentown Hospital
View St. Luke's Allentown Hospital's full OSHA safety record →
More injuries in this industry (NAICS 622110)
More injuries in PA
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
Look up any company's OSHA accident reports by company, or browse severe injury reports by year, state, and company.