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OSHA Injury Report: Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania in 31 Progress Avenue, Tamaqua, PA 18252 resulted in other recordable case. 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
EE was walking between the bag machine and the winder on line 300.

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Performing a CIL Task - see question 17 for details

What happened

EE was performing a routine CIL retaping of the V-frame. They walked to the opposite side of the machine to get measurement to retape the V-frame. While returning to the toolbox the EE walked behind another employee applying arrows on the bag machine and misjudged the step down and tripped into a moving pallet jack that happened to be going by at the same time to deliver packaging into cell 1. EE hit their face into the pallet jack cutting their lip and breaking their tooth. Team member was initially given first aid on site. First responders evaluated controlled bleeding and was transported to local ER for further assessment. 1 stitch was given to lip and then referred to an emergency dentist.

Injury or illness

Chipped Broken Tooth & Laceration resulting in a suture.

Object or substance involved

Falling into pallet jack frame.

Summary line

Tooth Chip Break laceration resulting in a suture

Employee and industry

Job description
Operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
326111 — Bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
320
Total hours worked
709688
EIN
942906693
Establishment ID
59128
Employer case #
391

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
10:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27JAN26:19:59:00

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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.