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OSHA Injury Report: BETTER BAKED FOODS LLC-NORTH EAST

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at BETTER BAKED FOODS LLC-NORTH EAST in 56 SMEDLEY ST, NORTH EAST, PA 16428 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was sanitation Associate II in pL.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
BETTER BAKED FOODS LLC-NORTH EAST
Parent company
Schwan's Shared Services LLC
Street
56 SMEDLEY ST
City
NORTH EAST
State
PA
ZIP
16428
On-site location
Sanitation

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
26

Before the incident

Lifting cheese shredder box to clean.

What happened

Dropped cheese shredder box on left thumb causing cut to hand when pinching thumb between box and equipment frame.

Injury or illness

LEFT THUMB-CRUSHING: While cleaning machine was holding shred box with one hand on box and one on the bottom; hand slipped and box fell on left thumb crushing it and causing a cut.

Object or substance involved

Not Applicable

Summary line

LEFT THUMB-CRUSHING: While cleaning machine was holding shred box with one hand on box and one on the bottom; hand slipped and box fell on left thumb crushing it and causing a cut.

Employee and industry

Job description
Sanitation Associate II
SOC code
53-7081 — Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
NAICS code
311412 — PL
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
150
Total hours worked
285549
EIN
952703251
Establishment ID
1355710
Employer case #
343636

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
22:30
Time of incident
0:55
Filing year
2024
Submitted
03MAR2025:21:03:00

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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.