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OSHA Injury Report: Lehigh Valley Hospital - 17

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Lehigh Valley Hospital - 17 in 1627 W Chew Street, Allentown, PA 18102 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sterile Processing Technician in general medical and surgical hospitals.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Lehigh Valley Hospital - 17
Street
1627 W Chew Street
City
Allentown
State
PA
ZIP
18102
On-site location
sterile processing

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

while performing duties of a sterile processing technician

What happened

employee was placing a tray of half cleaned instruments into washer and a forceps poked her left middle finger

Injury or illness

puncture laceration-contaminated finger(s) left

Object or substance involved

forceps

Summary line

puncture laceration - contaminated finger(s) left; forceps

Employee and industry

Job description
Sterile Processing Technician
SOC code
31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
705
Total hours worked
885756
EIN
231689692
Establishment ID
1124415
Employer case #
2024-0795

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
9:10
Time of incident
10:18
Filing year
2024
Submitted
12FEB2025:14:29:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.