Northampton, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Lehigh North
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Lehigh North in 2690 Howertown Road, Northampton, PA 18067 resulted in days away from work. Employee was helper in waste collection services, nonhazardous solid.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Lehigh North
- Parent company
- Whitetail Disposal
- Street
- 2690 Howertown Road
- City
- Northampton
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18067
- On-site location
- On route
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 27
Before the incident
[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
What happened
When he went to get back onto the truck and twisted his knee causing it to bend backwards
Injury or illness
Sprain of unspecified site of left knee
Object or substance involved
NA
Summary line
Worker claims he twisted his knee when trying to board a rear loader stepped up incorrectly and bended his knee backwards
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Helper
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 562111: Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 104
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 202,445
- EIN
- 263671326
- Establishment ID
- 1074394
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-22
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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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