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Harger Utility Contractors, Inc.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object — Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments — LOCK HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Harger Utility Contractors, Inc. in LOCK HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Harger Utility Contractors, Inc. Report ID 2019033204
Address First Quality Tissue, 904 Woods Ave City, State ZIP LOCK HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA 17745
Event Date March 27, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments Body Part Lower leg(s)
Event Type Fall on same level due to tripping over an object Source of Injury Special process machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 237130 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 41.12000, -77.45000

Incident Narrative

An employee was using a vacuum to suction sand out from the bottom of an air filter bed used to filter fiberglass during paper production. The employee stepped down from a plywood plank being used as a temporary work platform; the employee's foot got caught between two dividers in the filter bed, causing the employee to fall. The employee suffered a torn anterior inferior tibiofibular ligament and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Incident Summary

On March 27, 2019, a worker at Harger Utility Contractors, Inc. in LOCK HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA suffered major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments to the lower leg(s). The incident was classified as fall on same level due to tripping over an object, with special process machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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