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Elizabethtown, PA —

OSHA Injury Report: ELZ

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at ELZ in 295 Brown Street, Elizabethtown, PA 17022 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance Technician in candy, chocolate, made from cacao beans.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
ELZ
Parent company
Mars Wrigley Confectionery US, LLC
Street
295 Brown Street
City
Elizabethtown
State
PA
ZIP
17022
On-site location
Buhler pregrind mill 3

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
40

Before the incident

Associate was unscrewing motor mounting plate

What happened

Associate found the feed screw drive chain was tight and needed to have the chain tension reduced. When the hardware was loosened for the motor gearbox 2 of the 4 T-head uni-strut bolts were not lined up properly and allowed the motor to fall to one side not completely unsupported. While positioning the motor to the correct position to attach the hardware the technician felt strain in their shoulder.

Injury or illness

Sprain to left shoulder

Object or substance involved

Motor

Summary line

Adjusting tension in motor belt felt pain in left shoulder

Employee and industry

Job description
Maintenance Technician
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
311351 — Candy, chocolate, made from cacao beans
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
300
Total hours worked
629171
EIN
208940055
Establishment ID
102262
Employer case #
2

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
11:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
24JAN26:02:34:00

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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.