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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 cDL Driver in waste collection services, nonhazardous solid.

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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
11

Before the incident

Driver was getting out of truck

What happened

Driver jumped out of truck and landed on a brick that was sitting the wrong way causing him to pull his achilles tendon and roll his ankle

Injury or illness

Sprain of Achilles Tendon Sprain of right Ankle

Object or substance involved

Brick

Summary line

Driver claims he hurt his Achilles twisted ankle when he stepped on protruding brick

Employee and industry

Job description
CDL Driver
SOC code
53-7081 — Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
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 #
6

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
3:45:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
02FEB24:16:28:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.