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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
Line 430, Conversion Department, near the draw tape module

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Replacing draw tape. See more details in question 17.

What happened

Employee was operating line 430 and their draw tape ran out from the draw tape module. The employee then retrieved a draw tape pancake to replace the empty and when grabbing the draw tape pancake from the full pallet which weighed 38.5 pounds it slipped from their hands and fell approximately 3 to 4 feet on the metatarsal part of their right foot causing bruising swelling and black and blue. Ice was used to treat the swelling.

Injury or illness

Contusion bruise to the right foot.

Object or substance involved

Draw tape pancake

Summary line

Contusion [REDACTED] to the right foot

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 #
399

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
20:00
Time of incident
5:20
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27JAN26:20:05:00

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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.