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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 production Packer 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
Conversion Department Cell 4

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

EE was picking up a pallet in each hand and as she was carrying the pallets they were rubbing against her arm.

What happened

Pallets were rubbing against arm and a piece of wood poked through her shirt and into her arm. She believes at that point she received a splinter.

Injury or illness

Foreign body in forearm.

Object or substance involved

Wood Pallet.

Summary line

Foreign body (splinter) in forearm

Employee and industry

Job description
Production Packer
SOC code
51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
326111 — Bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
302
Total hours worked
624923
EIN
942906693
Establishment ID
59128
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Time of incident
18:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
27FEB24:15:37:00

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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.