Allentown, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: St. Luke's Sacred Heart Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at St. Luke's Sacred Heart Hospital in 421 Chew Street, Allentown, PA 18102 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was RN in healthcare.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- St. Luke's Sacred Heart Hospital
- Parent company
- St.Luke's University Health Network
- Street
- 421 Chew Street
- City
- Allentown
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18102
- On-site location
- NA
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
INJECTIONS
What happened
NEEDLESTICKLEFT HAND INDEX FINGER IMMEDIATELY AFTER ADMINISTERING AN IM INJECTION OF MEDICATION TO A PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY PRICKED MY INDEX FINGER WITH THE NEEDLE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE THE SAFETY MECHANISM ON THE NEEDLE
Injury or illness
BBP EXPOSURE LEFT INDEX FINGER
Object or substance involved
NEEDLE
Summary line
[REDACTED] [REDACTED] EXPOSURE LEFT INDEX FINGER ADMINISTERING IM INJECTION TO PATIENT
Employee and industry
- Job description
- RN
- SOC code
- 29-1141: Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110: Healthcare
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 743
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,127,246
- EIN
- 231352213
- Establishment ID
- 1180868
- Employer case #
- 14
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 09:30
- 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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