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OSHA Injury Report: HERSHEY CHOCOLATE OF VIRGINIA, LLC

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at HERSHEY CHOCOLATE OF VIRGINIA, LLC in 120 Harold Cook Drive, Stuarts Draft, VA 24477 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was plant Operative in candy bars, chocolate (including chocolate covered), made from cacao beans.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
HERSHEY CHOCOLATE OF VIRGINIA, LLC
Parent company
HERSHEY CHOCOLATE OF VIRGINIA, LLC
Street
120 Harold Cook Drive
City
Stuarts Draft
State
VA
ZIP
24477
On-site location
Blowhole

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Dumping Peanuts

What happened

Employee was dumping supersacks of peanuts in the blowhole. Employee states that while cutting the rope to open a supersack they cut their wrist.

Injury or illness

Laceration of Wrist Left Side

Object or substance involved

Tools Instruments and Equipment - Knives

Summary line

Laceration of Wrist Left Side - Directly harmed by: Tools Instruments and Equipment - Knives

Employee and industry

Job description
Plant Operative
SOC code
51-3092 — Food Batchmakers
NAICS code
311351 — Candy bars, chocolate (including chocolate covered), made from cacao beans
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1747
Total hours worked
3231508
EIN
541671208
Establishment ID
1067941
Employer case #
FY23-00778

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
22:30:00.000
Time of incident
22:40:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
12FEB24:20:36:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.