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OSHA Injury Report: Harco Fittings

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Harco Fittings in Lynchburg, VA 24501 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was process Technician in fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe, manufacturing.

Establishment
Harco Fittings
Parent company
IPEX
Street
3721 Cohen Place
City
Lynchburg
State
VA
ZIP
24501
On-site location
Mezzanine above offices
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

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.

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

Laceration to the head requiring sutures

Bolt for the hanger

Hit head on bolt holding piping to the ceiling

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
Avg employees
127
Total hours worked
251298
EIN
548081200
Establishment ID
1124013
Employer case #
5
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:00:00.000
Submitted
14FEB24:20:00:00

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