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 patient care assistant 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 5
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
SHARPS DISPOSAL
What happened
[REDACTED] HAD TAKEN HER GLOVES OFF AFTER RUNNING A SPECIMEN SHE WENT BACK TO THE HEMATOLOGY BENCH AND WENT TO USE THE COMPUTER MOUSE WHEN SHE DID THAT HER NONGLOVED HAND TOUCHED A STAINED DIFFERENTIAL SLIDE THAT HAD UNKNOWINGLY BEEN PLACED ON TOP OF THE MOUSE [REDACTED] STAIN FROM THE SLIDE DEFINITELY GOT ON HER HAND AFTER IT HAPPENED SHE WENT AND WASHED HER HANDS SHE DID NOT SEE ANY CUTS ON HER HAND IN THE AREA THAT TOUCHED IT SHE REPORTED TO MANAGER ON [REDACTED] AT [REDACTED] VIA EMAIL
Injury or illness
BBP EXPOSURE FINGER
Object or substance involved
NEEDLE
Summary line
BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN EXPOSURE FINGER DURING DISPOSAL OF SHARP NEEDLE
Employee and industry
- Job description
- PATIENT CARE ASSISTANT
- SOC code
- 31-1131: Nursing Assistants
- 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 #
- 46
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:40
- Time of incident
- 05:45
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-01
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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.
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