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OSHA Injury Report: Hershey Edgerton Plant

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Hershey Edgerton Plant in 32180 W. 191st St., Edgerton, KS 66030 resulted in days away from work. Employee was acquisition Job Under Review Forklift Warehouse in pretzels (except soft) manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Hershey Edgerton Plant
Parent company
The Hershey Company
Street
32180 W. 191st St.
City
Edgerton
State
KS
ZIP
66030
On-site location
Warehouse

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
9
Days restricted or transferred
171

Before the incident

Lifting boxes off the pallets

What happened

The employee was lifting a box off the pallet and felt a pop in his back falling to ground.

Injury or illness

Strain or Tear of Back Lumbo Sacral

Object or substance involved

Parts and Materials - Metal materials - nonstructural

Summary line

Strain or Tear of Back Lumbo Sacral - Directly harmed by: Parts and Materials - Metal materials - nonstructural

Employee and industry

Job description
Acquisition Job Under Review Forklift Warehouse
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
311919 — Pretzels (except soft) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
220
Total hours worked
391767
EIN
831735985
Establishment ID
1267587
Employer case #
FY24-00902

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
8:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
12FEB2025:21:05:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.