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OSHA Injury Report: Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania in 31 Progress Avenue, Tamaqua, PA 18252 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machine 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
Extrusion Department Cell 2

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180

Before the incident

The injured EE pulled the rope between the winders and held it there until the oscillator homed. Once he felt slack in the rope he began to head toward the extruder.

What happened

As he began to head toward the extruder when his foot got caught in the film causing him to fall to the floor.

Injury or illness

Closed displaced fracture of the second metatarsal bone of right foot and Lisfranc’s dislocation right.

Object or substance involved

Plastic film.

Summary line

Fracture and dislocation to right foot

Employee and industry

Job description
Machine 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
2022
Avg employees
302
Total hours worked
624923
EIN
942906693
Establishment ID
59128
Employer case #
2

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
20:00:00.000
Time of incident
0:10:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
27FEB24:15:45:00

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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.