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OSHA Injury Report: Penn Highlands Elk

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Penn Highlands Elk in 763 Johnsonburg Road, St Marys, PA 15857 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sURG TECH in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Penn Highlands Elk
Parent company
Elk Regional Health Center DBA Penn Highlands Elk
Street
763 Johnsonburg Road
City
St Marys
State
PA
ZIP
15857
On-site location
OR

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

REMOVING SURGICAL BLADE

What happened

LACERATION TO THUMB WHILE REMOVING SURGICAL BLADE FROM HANDLE

Injury or illness

LACERATION BBP EXPOSURE

Object or substance involved

SCALPEL BLADE

Summary line

LACERATION TO THUMB WHILE REMOVING SURGICAL BLADE FROM HANDLE

Employee and industry

Job description
SURG TECH
SOC code
29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
265
Total hours worked
301558
EIN
250585280
Establishment ID
978046
Employer case #
PHE-3

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
11:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
19JAN26:22:27:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.