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OSHA Injury Report: Ephrata Community Hospital

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Ephrata Community Hospital in 169 Martin Ave, Ephrata, PA 17522 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sterile Processing Technician III.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Ephrata Community Hospital
Parent company
Wellspan Health
Street
169 Martin Ave
City
Ephrata
State
PA
ZIP
17522
On-site location
Sterile Central Processing

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Preparring instruments to be precleaned. Instruments had not yet soaked in enzymatic solution.

What happened

When preparing instruments to be precleaned A surgical pick punctured the employees right hand middle finger when they were removing a second instrument set that had been wrongly placed on top of the first set.

Injury or illness

BBP - Needlestick Sharp Finger s Right hand middle finger

Object or substance involved

Metal surgical instrument described as a double ended pick. No visible blood noted.

Summary line

When preparing instruments to be precleaned A surgical pick punctured the employees right hand middle finger when they were removing a second instrument set that had been wrongly placed on top of the first set.

Employee and industry

Job description
Sterile Processing Technician III
SOC code
31-9093 — Medical Equipment Preparers
NAICS code
622110
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
955
Total hours worked
1336842
EIN
231370484
Establishment ID
603877
Employer case #
S2025-043

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
12:05
Filing year
2025
Submitted
13FEB26:21:36:00

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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.