Lynchburg, VA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Harco Fittings
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Harco Fittings in 3721 Cohen Place, Lynchburg, VA 24501 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was process Technician in fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Harco Fittings
- Parent company
- IPEX
- Street
- 3721 Cohen Place
- City
- Lynchburg
- State
- VA
- ZIP
- 24501
- On-site location
- Mezzanine above offices
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
The employee was on the mezzanine to retrieve a sample he bent over to go under the pipe at the back wall that is roughly 5 foot off the walking working surface.
What happened
While bent over to go under the pipe the employee misjudged his distance and raised up into the bolt securing the pipe to the ceiling
Injury or illness
Laceration to the head requiring sutures
Object or substance involved
Bolt for the hanger
Summary line
Hit head on bolt holding piping to the ceiling
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Process Technician
- SOC code
- 17-3027: Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- NAICS code
- 326122: Fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 127
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 251,298
- EIN
- 548081200
- Establishment ID
- 1124013
- Employer case #
- 5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-14
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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, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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