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OSHA Injury Report: GEISINGER SHAMOKIN AREA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at GEISINGER SHAMOKIN AREA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL in 4200 Hospital Road, Coal Township, PA 17866 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was eNVIRONMENTAL SERVICE TECHNICIAN in healthcare.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
GEISINGER SHAMOKIN AREA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Parent company
Geisinger Health
Street
4200 Hospital Road
City
Coal Township
State
PA
ZIP
17866
On-site location
Wing 6 Operating Room 1st Floor Soiled Utility Room

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Disposing of Trash

What happened

When placing contaminated trash in receptor metal rods in bag scraped employee 's Left Lower Arm

Injury or illness

Left Lower Arm Laceration

Object or substance involved

Contaminated Metal Rods

Summary line

When placing contaminated trash in receptor metal rods in bag scraped employee 's Left Lower [REDACTED] Left Lower [REDACTED] Laceration

Employee and industry

Job description
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE TECHNICIAN
SOC code
37-2019 — Building Cleaning Workers, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — Healthcare
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
400
Total hours worked
570904
EIN
240795959
Establishment ID
217342
Employer case #
1M01M01395

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
20:40
Filing year
2024
Submitted
27FEB2025:19:29:00

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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.