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OSHA Injury Report: Hershey Salty Snacks - Whitestown

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Hershey Salty Snacks - Whitestown in 4310 Anson Boulevard, Whitestown, IN 46075 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was controls Engineer in popcorn (except candy covered), popped, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Hershey Salty Snacks - Whitestown
Parent company
The Hershey Salty Snacks Company
Street
4310 Anson Boulevard
City
Whitestown
State
IN
ZIP
46075
On-site location
Kitchen 2, Line 4, Kettle 2

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Engineering troubleshooting

What happened

Maintenance and Engineering were troubleshooting communication faults for [REDACTED] kettles as a result of the wrong program being loaded post sanitation. As the team was troubleshooting [REDACTED] did not dump as intended and attempts to manually dump the kettle were not successful. The kettle began to overheat and then dumped unexpectedly via program activation dumping 500+ F contents into vibratory tray. Contents instantly combusted and a fire started in the vibratory tray between kettles 2 and 3. Fire was extinguished with multiple fire blankets and one K extinguisher. No resulting damage to equipment.

Injury or illness

Respiratory Irritation of Lungs Both Side

Object or substance involved

Containers Furniture and Fixtures - Product Packaging Material

Summary line

Respiratory Irritation of Lungs Both Side - Directly harmed by: Containers Furniture and Fixtures - Product Packaging Material

Employee and industry

Job description
Controls Engineer
SOC code
17-2112 — Industrial Engineers
NAICS code
311919 — Popcorn (except candy covered), popped, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
292
Total hours worked
490924
EIN
831735985
Establishment ID
1262357
Employer case #
FY25-0105

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
23:00
Time of incident
2:25
Filing year
2025
Submitted
05JAN26:13:08:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.