PA Worker Dies After 25-Foot Fall Onto Concrete Floor: Coroner

A Hazleton man is dead following an accidental workplace fall last Friday afternoon, Dec. 1, according to Coroner Daniel Buglio.

100 Maplewood Drive, Hazle Twp., Luzerne County
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Mac Bullock

12/06/2023 12:38 p.m.

Joseph Forty was working at the NORPEL pet food processing facility in Hazle Township when he lost his footing and fell 25 feet, officials said.

He landed on a concrete floor and was rushed to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest where he died from his injuries on Monday morning, Dec. 4, the Coroner's Office said.

Forty's cause of death was recorded as blunt force trauma to the head and torso from a warehouse accident, Buglio wrote. His manner of death was accidental.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has six months to investigate the incident, a spokesperson said.

Daily Voice has reached out to NORPEL for comment.

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