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OSHA Injury Report: BETTER BAKED FOODS, LLC/ NORTH EAST

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at BETTER BAKED FOODS, LLC/ NORTH EAST in 56 SMEDLEY ST, NORTH EAST, PA 16428 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was sanitation Associate II in pL.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
BETTER BAKED FOODS, LLC/ NORTH EAST
Parent company
Schwan's Shared Services, LLC
Street
56 SMEDLEY ST
City
NORTH EAST
State
PA
ZIP
16428
On-site location
Sanitation

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
9

Before the incident

Employee was helping two other Sanitation Employees lower a barrel of mineral oil off a barrel cart to its storage location in the chemical storage area. There were 3 employees 2 moving the barrel 1 on the cart.

What happened

FINGERS RIGHT - FRACTURE. Helping move a barrel of mineral oil off a carrel cart to storage location in chemical storage area. While moving the barrel smashed right ring finger between wall and barrel.

Injury or illness

Fracture

Object or substance involved

CHEMICAL BARREL

Summary line

FINGERS RIGHT - FRACTURE. Helping move a barrel of mineral oil off a carrel cart to storage location in chemical storage area. While moving the barrel smashed right ring finger between wall and barrel.

Employee and industry

Job description
Sanitation Associate II
SOC code
53-7081 — Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
NAICS code
311412 — PL
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
149
Total hours worked
288369
EIN
952703251
Establishment ID
967548
Employer case #
339590

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
22:30:00.000
Time of incident
23:15:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
14FEB24:14:47:00

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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.