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OSHA Injury Report: Lehigh North

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Lehigh North in Northampton, PA 18067 resulted in days away from work. Employee was helper in waste collection services, nonhazardous solid.

Establishment
Lehigh North
Parent company
Whitetail Disposal
Street
2690 Howertown Road
City
Northampton
State
PA
ZIP
18067
On-site location
On route
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
27

[REDACTED] was on the back of a rear load garbage truck actively serving cans by dumping them. When he went to get back onto the truck and twisted his knee causing it to bend backwards

When he went to get back onto the truck and twisted his knee causing it to bend backwards

Sprain of unspecified site of left knee

NA

Worker claims he twisted his knee when trying to board a rear loader stepped up incorrectly and bended his knee backwards

Job description
Helper
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
562111 — Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
104
Total hours worked
202445
EIN
263671326
Establishment ID
1074394
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
3:27:00.000
Submitted
22JAN24:15:18:00

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.