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OSHA Injury Report: Hershey Company - H.B. Reese

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Hershey Company - H.B. Reese in 925 Reese Avenue, Hershey, PA 17033 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operatives in chocolate bars made from cocoa beans.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Hershey Company - H.B. Reese
Parent company
The Hershey Company
Street
925 Reese Avenue
City
Hershey
State
PA
ZIP
17033
On-site location
Stockfeed

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
2

Before the incident

Dumping barrel of stockfeed

What happened

Pulled muscle in right forearm. Dumping stockfeed barrel into another stockfeed barrel. General practice to make use of a second person for lifting items that are too heavy not used in this case. A full barrel can be around 200 lbs when full. Spoke with physical therapist and was given tape. 10 13 scraping trays until seen by physical therapist around [REDACTED].

Injury or illness

Sprains strains of Upper Arm Right Side

Object or substance involved

Containers Furniture and Fixtures - Containers

Summary line

Sprains strains of Upper Arm Right Side - Directly harmed by: Containers Furniture and Fixtures - Containers

Employee and industry

Job description
Operatives
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
311351 — Chocolate bars made from cocoa beans
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
872
Total hours worked
1831470
EIN
230691590
Establishment ID
1080136
Employer case #
FY23-00757

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
13:19:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
02FEB24:13:07:00

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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.