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OSHA Injury Report: Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania in 31 Progress Avenue, Tamaqua, PA 18252 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator in bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania
Parent company
Reynolds Consumer Products
Street
31 Progress Avenue
City
Tamaqua
State
PA
ZIP
18252
On-site location
Employee Breakroom

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Employee was on break and got called back to her line. Employee was leaving the breakroom to return to plant floor.

What happened

Employee slipped and fell on concrete floor due to water in front of the ice machine.

Injury or illness

Diagnoses from ER were fall initial encounter; back strain; left hip pain.

Object or substance involved

Concrete floor.

Summary line

Contusion Bruise Knee Middle BackLeft Hip pelvis

Employee and industry

Job description
Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
326111 — Bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
320
Total hours worked
738679
EIN
942906693
Establishment ID
59128
Employer case #
378

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
20:00
Time of incident
6:25
Filing year
2024
Submitted
26FEB2025:16:40:00

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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.