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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 physician in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Where did this happen?

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

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

performing duties as a Physician

What happened

scalpel slipped and cut right index finger

Injury or illness

puncture right finger(s)

Object or substance involved

scalpel

Summary line

puncture contaminated scalpel

Employee and industry

Job description
Physician
SOC code
29-1229 — Physicians, All Other
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
427
Total hours worked
854284
EIN
231689692
Establishment ID
1124415
Employer case #
2023-0236

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
10:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
15FEB24:19:32:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.