Bethlehem, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: Lehigh Valley Distribution Center
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Lehigh Valley Distribution Center in Bethlehem, PA 18017 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was fORKLIFT OPERATOR in soft drinks merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Lehigh Valley Distribution Center
- Parent company
- ABARTA Coca-Cola Beverages
- Street
- 2150 Industrial Drive
- City
- Bethlehem
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18017
- On-site location
- Broken Damage and Loose
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 37
Before the incident
Sorting soda in bdl room
What happened
EE WAS PICKING UP PRODUCT FROM A PALLET (2.5GAL BIB) TURNED AROUNDAND PLACED ON ANOTHER PALLET. WHEN SETTING DOWN FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
Injury or illness
Strain of muscle fascia and tendon of lower back
Object or substance involved
Case of soda lifting
Summary line
Lower back injury when lifting case of soda
Employee and industry
- Job description
- FORKLIFT OPERATOR
- SOC code
- 53-7051 — Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
- NAICS code
- 424490 — Soft drinks merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 126
- Total hours worked
- 252684
- Establishment ID
- 986864
- Employer case #
- 714112749
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 11:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27FEB26:12:10:00
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.